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Stanisława Walasiewicz

1911 - 1980

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Stanisława Walasiewicz (3 April 1911 – 4 December 1980), also known as Stefania Walasiewicz, and Stella Walsh, was a Polish-American track and field athlete, who became a women's Olympic champion in the 100 metres. Born in Poland and raised in the United States, she became an American citizen in 1947. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stanisława Walasiewicz is the 33rd most popular athlete (down from 31st in 2019), the 284th most popular biography from Poland (down from 283rd in 2019) and the most popular Polish Athlete.

Stanisława Walasiewicz is most famous for being the first woman to win the marathon at the Olympics in 1928.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Stanisława Walasiewicz ranks 33 out of 6,025. Before her are Mike Powell, Archie Hahn, Bruno, Ronnie Coleman, Lee Evans, and Luz Long. After her are Percy Williams, Viktor Saneyev, Felix Baumgartner, Michael Johnson, Tamara Press, and Ray Ewry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Stanisława Walasiewicz ranks 71. Before her are Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark, Bernard Herrmann, Karel Čurda, Lee J. Cobb, Hans von Ohain, and Dieter Wisliceny. After her are David Seymour, André Claveau, Nicholas Ray, Eduardo Frei Montalva, Sergey Sokolov, and Mahalia Jackson. Among people deceased in 1980, Stanisława Walasiewicz ranks 60. Before her are Heinz Linge, Ludwig Guttmann, Patrick Depailler, Seretse Khama, Vinicius de Moraes, and Nadezhda Mandelstam. After her are Ernő Gerő, Shigemaru Takenokoshi, Ian Curtis, Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse, Filipp Golikov, and Kazimierz Kuratowski.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Stanisława Walasiewicz ranks 284 out of 1,694. Before her are Stanisław Ryłko (1945), Miguel Najdorf (1910), Hans Kammler (1901), Kurt Masur (1927), Adam Stefan Sapieha (1867), and Dieter Wisliceny (1911). After her are Adam Czerniaków (1880), David Seymour (1911), Mieczysław Weinberg (1919), Victor Klemperer (1881), Leopold Infeld (1898), and Robert Wiene (1873).

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Among ATHLETES In Poland

Among athletes born in Poland, Stanisława Walasiewicz ranks 1. After her are Gustav Flatow (1875), Myer Prinstein (1878), Hans Woellke (1911), Ewa Kłobukowska (1946), Janusz Kusociński (1907), Ursula Happe (1926), Józef Szmidt (1935), Elżbieta Krzesińska (1934), Gerhard Stöck (1911), Walter Bathe (1892), and Teresa Ciepły (1937).

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