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Shirley Strickland

1925 - 2004

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Shirley Barbara de la Hunty AO, MBE (née Strickland; 18 July 1925 – 11 February 2004), known as Shirley Strickland during her early career, was an Australian athlete. She won more Olympic medals than any other Australian in running sports. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shirley Strickland is the 636th most popular athlete (up from 650th in 2019), the 184th most popular biography from Australia (up from 199th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Australian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Shirley Strickland ranks 636 out of 6,025. Before her are Carl Goßler, André Gaudin, Janne Lundblad, Arthur Tell Schwab, Birgit Fischer, and Norma Croker. After her are Stan Rowley, Giuseppe Gentile, Yelizaveta Dementyeva, Käthe Krauss, Elfriede Kaun, and Keto Losaberidze.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Shirley Strickland ranks 307. Before her are Maria Tallchief, Martha Vickers, José Parra Martínez, Cornell Borchers, Michal Vičan, and Axel Schandorff. After her are Luis Alberto Monge, James Salter, Mary F. Lyon, Yasushi Akutagawa, Amparo Rivelles, and Gizella Farkas. Among people deceased in 2004, Shirley Strickland ranks 199. Before her are Philip Arthur Fisher, Leonel Brizola, Veríssimo Correia Seabra, Bagrat Shinkuba, Eddie Adams, and Claude Nougaro. After her are Rodney Dangerfield, Hasse Ekman, Balamani Amma, Neil Campbell, Eugenio Garin, and Barney Kessel.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Shirley Strickland ranks 184 out of 1,143. Before her are Joel Edgerton (1974), Stanley Bruce (1883), Jesse Spencer (1979), Mark Edmondson (1954), Malcolm Fraser (1930), and Norma Croker (1934). After her are Stan Rowley (1876), Gregory David Roberts (1952), Daniel Ricciardo (1989), Nancye Wynne Bolton (1916), Anna Torv (1979), and Peter Carey (1943).

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Among ATHLETES In Australia

Among athletes born in Australia, Shirley Strickland ranks 11. Before her are Peter Norman (1942), George Parker (1896), Gordon George Avery (1925), John Winter (1924), William Jones (null), and Norma Croker (1934). After her are Stan Rowley (1876), Bill Bruce (1923), Tony Madigan (1930), Nick Winter (1894), Brenda Jones (1936), and Dave Power (1928).

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