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Bob Seagren

1946 - Today

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Robert Seagren (born October 17, 1946) is a retired American pole vaulter, the 1968 Olympic champion. A native of Pomona, California, Seagren was one of the world's top pole vaulters in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He won six National AAU and four NCAA titles indoors and outdoors. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bob Seagren has received more than 225,677 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Bob Seagren is the 2,615th most popular athlete (down from 1,828th in 2019), the 13,425th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,431st in 2019) and the 446th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Bob Seagren ranks 2,615 out of 6,025Before him are Dezső Lemhényi, José Manuel Abascal, Louis Baillon, Rafael da Silva, Andrea Henkel, and Wanda Panfil. After him are Henrik Christiansen, Siyka Kelbecheva, Ara Abrahamian, Tatyana Kotova, Karl-Heinz Bußert, and Jeremy Wariner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Bob Seagren ranks 791Before him are Joe Kinnear, Rosanna Marani, Mark Metcalf, Sandy Duncan, James Kelman, and Allan Clarke. After him are Felicity Kendal, Mel Martínez, Paul Herman, Manfred Stengl, King Sunny Adé, and Barbara Lee.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob Seagren ranks 13,425 out of 20,380Before him are Michael O'Keefe (1955), Jerry Paris (1925), Julie Felix (1938), Rod Blagojevich (1956), William Safire (1929), and Kate Flannery (1964). After him are Melody Thomas Scott (1956), Amber Rose (1983), Deidre Hall (1947), Paul Douglas (1892), Marjorie Taylor Greene (1974), and Jeff Loomis (1971).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Bob Seagren ranks 446Before him are Mary Decker (1958), Aries Merritt (1985), Meredith Colket (1878), Dennis Mitchell (1966), Joe Rantz (1914), and Vicki Draves (1924). After him are Jeremy Wariner (1984), Noah Lyles (1997), Constance Titus (1873), Charles Vinci (1933), Jim Fuchs (1927), and Bill Toomey (1939).