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Tom Richards

1910 - 1985

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Thomas John Henry Richards (15 March 1910 – 19 January 1985) was a Welsh athlete who specialised mainly in the marathon. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal. He was the first Welsh athlete to win an individual Olympic track and field medal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tom Richards is the 1,706th most popular athlete (down from 923rd in 2019), the 4,812th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,026th in 2019) and the 65th most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Tom Richards ranks 1,706 out of 6,025Before him are Yoshinobu Miyake, Murray Halberg, Herbert Gruber, Heather Oakes, Lien Gisolf, and Archibald MacKinnon. After him are Kęstutis Šapka, Marc Bouissou, Jack Lovelock, Eddy Ottoz, Bob Tisdall, and Jalmari Eskola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Tom Richards ranks 355Before him are Henri Louveau, Lucky Dube, Gerd Hornberger, Gordon B. Hinckley, Gavino Matta, and Lien Gisolf. After him are Jack Lovelock, Georg Johansson, Peter Hirt, Gjorgji Abadžiev, Pierre Musy, and Vasile Deheleanu. Among people deceased in 1985, Tom Richards ranks 237Before him are Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw, Alister Hardy, Harold Whitlock, Paul Creston, George O'Brien, and Fritz Keller. After him are André Bjerke, Scott Brady, Alfredo Duhalde, Werner Meyer, Isaac Kashdan, and Lloyd Nolan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tom Richards ranks 4,813 out of 8,785Before him are Aneurin Bevan (1897), Reggie Pridmore (1886), Heather Oakes (1959), Malcolm Sargent (1895), Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886), and Sophie Okonedo (1968). After him are Margaret Scriven (1912), Holly Johnson (1960), Matt Hancock (1978), Guy Simonds (1903), Louise Rayner (1832), and George Montagu (1751).

Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Tom Richards ranks 65Before him are Barbara Burke (1917), George Cornet (1877), Phyllis Johnson (1886), Harold Whitlock (1903), Gordon Pirie (1931), and Heather Oakes (1959). After him are George Goulding (1884), Audrey Williamson (1926), Michael Wheeler (1935), John McNally (1932), Willie Applegarth (1890), and Basil Heatley (1933).