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Wendy Smith-Sly

1959 - Today

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Wendy Sly MBE (née Smith, born 5 November 1959) is a British former athlete, who competed mainly in the 3000 metres. She won a silver medal in the event at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. She won the 1983 10km World Road Race Championships in San Diego. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Wendy Smith-Sly is the 1,942nd most popular athlete (up from 5,022nd in 2024), the 5,159th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 7,655th in 2019) and the 77th most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Wendy Smith-Sly ranks 1,942 out of 6,025. Before her are Andreas Thorkildsen, Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen, Charles Thias, Ivan Fuqua, Lou Jones, and Jasna Kolar-Merdan. After her are Tom Kiely, Gertrude Liebhart, Wolfgang Scheidel, Lutz Dombrowski, Horatio Fitch, and Lillian Copeland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Wendy Smith-Sly ranks 444. Before her are Alessandro Barbero, Petar Rajič, Adriana Ozores, Juan Barbas, Ben Okri, and Jack Wagner. After her are Eiríkur Hauksson, Lutz Dombrowski, Alan Taylor, Tshering Yangdon, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, and Pedro Pierluisi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Wendy Smith-Sly ranks 5,161 out of 8,785. Before her are Emile Heskey (1978), Davey Boy Smith (1962), John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon (1873), Paul Banks (1978), Dave Gibbons (1949), and Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford (1946). After her are Izaak Walton (1593), Pauline Baynes (1922), John Betjeman (1906), Dorothy E. Smith (1926), Raymond Briggs (1934), and John Garstang (1876).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Wendy Smith-Sly ranks 77. Before her are Stan Vickers (1932), Sheila Lerwill (1928), Paul Nihill (1939), Peter Wright (1970), Eileen Hiscock (1909), and John James Shepherd (1884). After her are Nancy Mackay (1922), James Wilson (1891), Don Finlay (1909), Janet Simpson (1944), Fiona May (1969), and Mary Peters (1939).

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