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Richard Sheldon

1878 - 1935

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Richard Sheldon

Richard "Dick" Sheldon (Rutland, 9 de julho de 1878 — Nova York, 23 de janeiro de 1935) foi um atleta e campeão olímpico norte-americano, especialista em provas de campo. Atleta eclético que jogou futebol americano pela Universidade de Yale, Dick Sheldon foi campeão de arremesso de peso e lançamento do martelo em campeonatos amadores nacionais americanos nos anos imediatamente anteriores aos Jogos Olímpicos de Paris 1900. Em 1899, estabeleceu um recorde mundial (37,27 m) para o lançamento do disco durante o campeonato da União Atlética Amadora (Amateur Athletic Union - AAU). A caminho de Paris para os Jogos, a delegação dos Estados Unidos fez uma parada na Inglaterra onde seus atletas participaram do Campeonato Amador Britânico de Atletismo e nele Sheldon venceu o arremesso de peso com novo recorde do torneio. Leia mais na Wikipédia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Richard Sheldon is the 48th most popular atleta (up from 340th in 2024), the 2,378th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,241st in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Atleta.

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Among Atletas

Among atletas, Richard Sheldon ranks 48 out of 6,025. Before him are Sohn Kee-chung, Aladár Gerevich, Leonidas of Rhodes, Arthur Blake, Irena Szewińska, and John Woodruff. After him are Fanny Blankers-Koen, Reggie Walker, Lasse Virén, Charles Bennett, Ville Ritola, and Yuriy Sedykh.

Most Popular Atletas in Wikipedia

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Sohn Kee-chung
1912 - 2002
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 42
Aladár Gerevich
1910 - 1991
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 43
Leonidas of Rhodes
200 BC - 200 BC
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 44
Arthur Blake
1872 - 1944
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 45
Irena Szewińska
1946 - 2018
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 46
John Woodruff
1915 - 2007
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 47
Richard Sheldon
1878 - 1935
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 48
Fanny Blankers-Koen
1918 - 2004
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 49
Reggie Walker
1889 - 1951
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 50
Lasse Virén
1949 - Present
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 51
Charles Bennett
1870 - 1950
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 52
Ville Ritola
1896 - 1982
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 53
Yuriy Sedykh
1955 - 2021
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 54

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Richard Sheldon ranks 57. Before him are Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria, Alfréd Hajós, Slavko Kvaternik, Boris Kustodiev, Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord, and Mahmud Barzanji. After him are Hattie Wyatt Caraway, Eino Leino, Paul Troost, James Oliver Curwood, Angelica Balabanoff, and Louis Camille Maillard. Among people deceased in 1935, Richard Sheldon ranks 49. Before him are Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Princess Anastasia of Montenegro, Gareth Jones, Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Ruan Lingyu, and Louis de Beaufront. After him are Ma Barker, Abraham Isaac Kook, Valerian Kuybyshev, Meletius IV of Constantinople, Jean Béraud, and William Kennedy Dickson.

Others Born in 1878

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Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria
COMPANION
1878 - 1912
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 51
Alfréd Hajós
SWIMMER
1878 - 1955
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 52
Slavko Kvaternik
POLITICIAN
1878 - 1947
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 53
Boris Kustodiev
PAINTER
1878 - 1927
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 54
Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord
POLITICIAN
1878 - 1943
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 55
Mahmud Barzanji
POLITICIAN
1878 - 1956
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 56
Richard Sheldon
ATHLETE
1878 - 1935
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 57
Hattie Wyatt Caraway
POLITICIAN
1878 - 1950
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 58
Eino Leino
WRITER
1878 - 1926
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 59
Paul Troost
ARCHITECT
1878 - 1934
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 60
James Oliver Curwood
WRITER
1878 - 1927
HPI: 64.44
Rank: 61
Angelica Balabanoff
POLITICIAN
1878 - 1965
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 62
Louis Camille Maillard
CHEMIST
1878 - 1936
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 63

Others Deceased in 1935

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Arthur Arz von Straußenburg
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1857 - 1935
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 43
Princess Anastasia of Montenegro
COMPANION
1868 - 1935
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 44
Gareth Jones
JOURNALIST
1905 - 1935
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 45
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
COMPOSER
1859 - 1935
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 46
Ruan Lingyu
ACTOR
1910 - 1935
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 47
Louis de Beaufront
LINGUIST
1855 - 1935
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 48
Richard Sheldon
ATHLETE
1878 - 1935
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 49
Ma Barker
EXTREMIST
1873 - 1935
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 50
Abraham Isaac Kook
PHILOSOPHER
1865 - 1935
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 51
Valerian Kuybyshev
POLITICIAN
1888 - 1935
HPI: 64.15
Rank: 52
Meletius IV of Constantinople
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1871 - 1935
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 53
Jean Béraud
PAINTER
1849 - 1935
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 54
William Kennedy Dickson
FILM DIRECTOR
1860 - 1935
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 55