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Óscar Cristi

1916 - 1965

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Óscar Cristi Gallo (June 29, 1916 – March 25, 1965) was a Chilean police officer and a successful show jumping rider from the late 1940s until the late 1960s. In 1952 he won both the individual and team Olympic silver medals in the jumping competition of the equestrian event. He was the first Chilean athlete to win two Olympic medals. The Chilean team jumping in 1952 was Óscar Cristi on Bambi, César Mendoza on Pillán and Ricardo Echeverría on Lindo Peal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Óscar Cristi is the 1,799th most popular athlete (up from 2,264th in 2019), the 162nd most popular biography from Chile (up from 205th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Chilean Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Óscar Cristi ranks 1,799 out of 6,025. Before him are Victor Verschueren, Bruno Junk, Chris Berger, Renaud Lavillenie, Michael Wheeler, and Lucinda Williams. After him are Liu Hong, Fred Børre Lundberg, Karlo Stipanić, Juha Tiainen, Roberto Larraz, and Yury Zaitsev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Óscar Cristi ranks 271. Before him are Iva Toguri D'Aquino, John Kundla, Günther Ortmann, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem, Clare Dennis, and Albert Hyzler. After him are Jeannette Campbell, Kåre Holt, Vivian McGrath, Vicente Ferreira da Silva, Robert Marshak, and Walker Percy. Among people deceased in 1965, Óscar Cristi ranks 210. Before him are Mary Boland, Myra Hess, Ingrid Jonker, Ludwig Wrede, Søren Marinus Jensen, and Chris Berger. After him are Hugh Latimer Dryden, Spike Jones, Samuel King Allison, Gilbert Colgate, Frances Perkins, and Halvdan Koht.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, Óscar Cristi ranks 162 out of 321. Before him are Enrique Hormazábal (1931), Alfredo Duhalde (1898), Rubén Marcos (1942), José María Caro Rodríguez (1866), Eduardo Vargas (1989), and Alfonso Lara (1946). After him are Cecilia Bolocco (1965), Honorino Landa (1942), Francisco Fernández (1975), Fernando Campos (1923), Carlos Contreras (1938), and Jerónimo Méndez (1887).

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Among ATHLETES In Chile

Among athletes born in Chile, Óscar Cristi ranks 4. Before him are Manuel Plaza (1900), Marlene Ahrens (1933), and Ramón Tapia (1932). After him are Amane Beriso Shankule (1991), Francisca Crovetto (1990), Zhang Yu (null), Karen Gallardo (1984), Virginia Yarur (1966), Cecilia Pérez (1974), Samuel Parot (1964), and Marco Grimalt (1989).

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