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Bob Tisdall

1907 - 2004

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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 hit a hurdle. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bob Tisdall has received more than 66,928 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Bob Tisdall is the 2,351st most popular athlete (down from 1,617th in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from Sri Lanka (down from 32nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Sri Lankan Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Bob Tisdall ranks 2,351 out of 6,025. Before him are Femke Bol, Silvia Chivás, István Szívós, Marieke Vervoort, David Rudisha, and Kirsten Emmelmann. After him are Charles Austin, Françoise Mbango Etone, Werner von Moltke, Wilbur Thompson, Sanda Toma, and Michael Marsh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Bob Tisdall ranks 390. Before him are Adrienne Ames, Paul Douglas, Walter Donaldson, Philip Slone, Lina Basquette, and Mary Washburn. After him are Dorrit Hoffleit, Romeo Rivers, Pete Desjardins, Ruby Myers, Mehboob Khan, and Albert Gore Sr.. Among people deceased in 2004, Bob Tisdall ranks 322. Before him are Eddie Hopkinson, Johnny Warren, James Aloysius Hickey, Willie Watson, Brenda Fassie, and Virginia Capers. After him are Kurt Dossin, Albert Paulsen, Hugh Shearer, Henry Cockburn, Dennis Wilshaw, and Beyers Naudé.

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In Sri Lanka

Among people born in Sri Lanka, Bob Tisdall ranks 36 out of 51. Before him are Frederick G. Donnan (1870), Thomas Cooray (1901), Duncan White (1918), Joyce Cooper (1909), John Kotelawala (1897), and Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (1810). After him are Lakshman Kadirgamar (1932), Muttiah Muralitharan (1972), Beverley Craven (1963), Alexander Khloponin (1965), Susanthika Jayasinghe (1975), and Shehan Karunatilaka (1975).

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Among ATHLETES In Sri Lanka

Among athletes born in Sri Lanka, Bob Tisdall ranks 3. Before him are Heather Armitage (1933), and Duncan White (1918). After him are Susanthika Jayasinghe (1975), Nimali Liyanarachchi (null), Mathilda Karlsson (null), Natalia (null), and Yupun Abeykoon (1994).

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