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Walter Chaffe

1870 - 1918

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Walter Chaffe (2 April 1870 – 22 April 1918) was a British tug of war competitor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics. In 1908, he won the bronze medal as a member of the British team Metropolitan Police "K" Division. Four years later, he won the silver medal as a member of the joint City of London Police-Metropolitan Police "K" Division British team. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Chaffe is the 2,256th most popular athlete (down from 1,446th in 2019), the 5,686th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,733rd in 2019) and the 94th most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Walter Chaffe ranks 2,256 out of 6,025. Before him are Ivan Udodov, Walter Mahlendorf, Foy Draper, William Tanui, Igor Astapkovich, and Boris Nikolov. After him are Raúl González, Christine Laser, Guillermo Douglas, Herb McKenley, Tapio Kantanen, and Mikhail Zhelev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Walter Chaffe ranks 165. Before him are Maud Barger-Wallach, Roscoe Pound, George Eyser, Benjamin N. Cardozo, Hubert Gough, and Philip Herbert Cowell. After him are Alexander Munro, and C. B. K. Beachcroft. Among people deceased in 1918, Walter Chaffe ranks 182. Before him are Amalie Materna, Gaston Salmon, Joseph F. Smith, Anna Held, Birt Acres, and Jakob Jakobsen. After him are Harold Lockwood, John Forrest, John Redmond, and J. Donald Cameron.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Walter Chaffe ranks 5,688 out of 8,785. Before him are Joanna Baillie (1762), Jimmy Murphy (1910), Jenny Beavan (1950), Ian Livingstone (1949), Barriemore Barlow (1949), and Lionel Atwill (1885). After him are Henry Worsley (1960), Reginald Hill (1936), Danny Welbeck (1990), Peter Christopherson (1955), William Gott (1897), and Roland Young (1887).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Walter Chaffe ranks 94. Before him are David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905), Douglas Lowe (1902), Gerald Logan (1879), Steve Ovett (1955), Ann Packer (1942), and Maureen Gardner (1928). After him are David Hemery (1944), Charles Hefferon (1878), Lynn Davies (1942), Gillian Sheen (1928), Adrian Metcalfe (1942), and Carole Quinton (1936).

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