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Sunder Nix

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Sunder Lamont Nix (born December 2, 1961, in Birmingham, Alabama) is a former American track and field athlete and He was an Olympic gold medalist at the 1984 Summer Olympics in the men's 4 × 400 m relay for the United States. As the world's best in the 400-meter race in 1982, Sunder Nix set a personal best of 44.68 seconds, improving his previous best by almost a second. In 1983, he narrowly qualified for the final at the first World Championships . In the final, he was far behind entering the home stretch, but he managed to pull away and win the bronze medal in 45.24 seconds. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Sunder Nix is the 3,788th most popular athlete (down from 3,332nd in 2024), the 16,674th most popular biography from United States (down from 15,983rd in 2019) and the 550th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Sunder Nix ranks 3,788 out of 6,025. Before him are Pepijn Aardewijn, Tracy Wilson, Wolfgang Perner, Vladimir Dubrovshchik, Tan Liangde, and Beverly McDonald. After him are Natasa Dusev-Janics, Brahim Boulami, Nixon Kiprotich, Andrus Värnik, Jason Richardson, and Yoelbi Quesada.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Sunder Nix ranks 813. Before him are Melle Mel, Ramesh Krishnan, Meera Syal, José Francisco Calí Tzay, Takeo Matsuda, and Tracy Wilson. After him are Kevin McDonald, Thomas Hoeren, Vermin Supreme, Laurie Halse Anderson, Kerry Dixon, and Carlos Muñoz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sunder Nix ranks 16,681 out of 20,380. Before him are Jim Grabb (1964), Sharon Van Etten (1981), Nicole Haislett (1972), Patrick Fugit (1982), CC Sabathia (1980), and Kenneth Ham (1964). After him are Gayle Forman (1970), Tom Barrasso (1965), Nate Ruess (1982), Pat LaFontaine (1965), Lil Uzi Vert (1994), and Jordan Bridges (1973).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Sunder Nix ranks 552. Before him are Benita Fitzgerald-Brown (1961), Sam Kendricks (1992), Jimmy Shea (1968), Tim Montgomery (1975), Sheila Echols (1964), Danny Everett (1966), Shawn Crawford (1978), and Ashley Spencer (1993). After him are Jason Richardson (1986), Jeffrey McLaughlin (1965), Greg Joy (1956), and Inger Miller (1972).

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