1907 - 2004
Robert Morton Newburgh Tisdall (16 May 1907 in Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon – 27 July 2004 in Nambour, Queensland, Australia) was an Irish athlete who won a gold medal in the 400-metre hurdles at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.Tisdall was raised in Nenagh, County Tipperary. He had run only six 400 m hurdles when he won the gold medal at the 1932 Olympic Games in a world record time of 51.7 seconds, which was not recognised under the rules of the time because he had a hit a hurdle. Later, because of the notoriety of this incident, the rules were changed and the President of the IOC, Juan Antonio Samaranch, presented Tisdall with a Waterford crystal rose bowl with the image of him knocking over the last hurdle etched into the glass. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bob Tisdall has received more than 58,260 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Bob Tisdall is the 1,618th most popular athlete (down from 1,248th in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Sri Lanka (down from 31st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Sri Lankan Athlete.
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Among athletes, Bob Tisdall ranks 1,618 out of 3,059. Before him are Rüdiger Helm, Charles Vinci, Jasna Šekarić, Arto Härkönen, Jim Fuchs, and Seppo Räty. After him are Natalya Lebedeva, John Geiger, Calvin Bricker, Uwe Hohn, Alessandro Andrei, and Phil Edwards.
1956 - Present
HPI: 39.29
Rank: 1,612
1933 - 2018
HPI: 39.29
Rank: 1,613
1965 - Present
HPI: 39.28
Rank: 1,614
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.27
Rank: 1,615
1927 - 2010
HPI: 39.27
Rank: 1,616
1962 - Present
HPI: 39.27
Rank: 1,617
1907 - 2004
HPI: 39.25
Rank: 1,618
1949 - Present
HPI: 39.25
Rank: 1,619
1873 - 1956
HPI: 39.24
Rank: 1,620
1884 - 1963
HPI: 39.22
Rank: 1,621
1962 - Present
HPI: 39.22
Rank: 1,622
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.22
Rank: 1,623
1907 - 1971
HPI: 39.19
Rank: 1,624
Among people born in 1907, Bob Tisdall ranks 352. Before him are Tranquilino Garcete, John Cody, John Anderson, Bob Steele, Seth Neddermeyer, and Arlene Francis. After him are Phil Edwards, Ross Alexander, Allan Jones, Tex Gibbons, Albert Gore Sr., and Lina Basquette. Among people deceased in 2004, Bob Tisdall ranks 279. Before him are Mehmood, Lennox Miller, Velimir Valenta, Bernice Rubens, Eric Douglas, and Yang Xinhai. After him are Big Boss Man, James Aloysius Hickey, Albert Paulsen, Suraiya, Willie Watson, and Henry Cockburn.
1907 - 2000
HPI: 39.96
Rank: 346
1907 - 1982
HPI: 39.90
Rank: 347
1907 - 1948
HPI: 39.89
Rank: 348
1907 - 1988
HPI: 39.65
Rank: 349
1907 - 1988
HPI: 39.60
Rank: 350
1907 - 2001
HPI: 39.29
Rank: 351
1907 - 2004
HPI: 39.25
Rank: 352
1907 - 1971
HPI: 39.19
Rank: 353
1907 - 1937
HPI: 39.14
Rank: 354
1907 - 1992
HPI: 38.47
Rank: 355
1907 - 1984
HPI: 38.00
Rank: 356
1907 - 1998
HPI: 37.94
Rank: 357
1907 - 1994
HPI: 37.79
Rank: 358
1932 - 2004
HPI: 39.89
Rank: 273
1946 - 2004
HPI: 39.84
Rank: 274
1929 - 2004
HPI: 39.83
Rank: 275
1923 - 2004
HPI: 39.79
Rank: 276
1958 - 2004
HPI: 39.45
Rank: 277
1968 - 2004
HPI: 39.41
Rank: 278
1907 - 2004
HPI: 39.25
Rank: 279
1963 - 2004
HPI: 39.18
Rank: 280
1920 - 2004
HPI: 38.95
Rank: 281
1925 - 2004
HPI: 38.95
Rank: 282
1929 - 2004
HPI: 38.95
Rank: 283
1920 - 2004
HPI: 38.61
Rank: 284
1921 - 2004
HPI: 38.08
Rank: 285
Among people born in Sri Lanka, Bob Tisdall ranks 32 out of 44. Before him are Malcolm Ranjith (1947), Ranil Wickremesinghe (1949), Dudley Senanayake (1911), Duncan White (1918), D. M. Jayaratne (1931), and Thomas Cooray (1901). After him are Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (1810), Heather Armitage (1933), Alexander Khloponin (1965), Beverley Craven (1963), Susanthika Jayasinghe (1975), and Muttiah Muralitharan (1972).
1947 - Present
HPI: 44.44
Rank: 26
1949 - Present
HPI: 42.98
Rank: 27
1911 - 1973
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 28
1918 - 1998
HPI: 42.09
Rank: 29
1931 - 2019
HPI: 42.03
Rank: 30
1901 - 1988
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 31
1907 - 2004
HPI: 39.25
Rank: 32
1810 - 1890
HPI: 38.91
Rank: 33
1933 - Present
HPI: 37.76
Rank: 34
1965 - Present
HPI: 36.10
Rank: 35
1963 - Present
HPI: 35.85
Rank: 36
1975 - Present
HPI: 32.41
Rank: 37
1972 - Present
HPI: 30.02
Rank: 38
Among athletes born in Sri Lanka, Bob Tisdall ranks 2. Before him are Duncan White (1918). After him are Heather Armitage (1933) and Susanthika Jayasinghe (1975).
1918 - 1998
HPI: 42.09
Rank: 1
1907 - 2004
HPI: 39.25
Rank: 2
1933 - Present
HPI: 37.76
Rank: 3
1975 - Present
HPI: 32.41
Rank: 4