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Étienne Gailly

1922 - 1971

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Étienne Gailly (French pronunciation: [etjɛn ɡaji]; 26 November 1922, Beringen – 3 November 1971, Genval) was a Belgian soldier and Olympic athlete who competed mainly in the Marathon. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Étienne Gailly is the 377th most popular athlete (up from 567th in 2019), the 499th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 617th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Belgian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Étienne Gailly ranks 377 out of 6,025. Before him are Albin Lermusiaux, Gösta Lilliehöök, Pavel Schmidt, Evelyn Furtsch, Ugo Frigerio, and Erik Lundqvist. After him are Betty Cuthbert, Marianne Werner, Harald Grønningen, Gergely Kulcsár, Ludvík Daněk, and Micheline Ostermeyer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Étienne Gailly ranks 222. Before him are Joanne Dru, Tetsurō Tamba, Eugene Stoner, Mariano Gonzalvo, Hilarion Capucci, and Ester Mägi. After him are Gene Amdahl, Vladimir Etush, Micheline Ostermeyer, Sabino Barinaga, Tom Finney, and Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan. Among people deceased in 1971, Étienne Gailly ranks 127. Before him are Vikram Sarabhai, Armando Picchi, Paul Bader, Earl Thomson, Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe, and Josef Košťálek. After him are Chester Conklin, Gaito Gazdanov, John Dall, Anthony Berkeley Cox, Kathleen Lonsdale, and David Sarnoff.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Étienne Gailly ranks 499 out of 1,190. Before him are Léon Semmeling (1940), Daniël Heinsius (1580), Grégoire de Saint-Vincent (1584), Erwin Vandenbergh (1959), Gerard de Lairesse (1640), and Princess Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1830). After him are Henri Anspach (1882), Jan Decleir (1946), Louis Gallait (1810), Mousa Dembélé (1987), Jan Theuninck (1954), and Kate Ryan (1980).

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Among ATHLETES In Belgium

Among athletes born in Belgium, Étienne Gailly ranks 9. Before him are Gaston Reiff (1921), Emmanuel Foulon (1871), Gaston Roelants (1937), Oscar Dessomville (1876), Prosper Bruggeman (1873), and Émile Grumiaux (1861). After him are Victor Willems (1877), Maurice Verdonck (1873), Ivo Van Damme (1954), Maurice Hemelsoet (1875), Emiel Puttemans (1947), and Jules De Bisschop (1879).

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