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Bobby Pearce

1905 - 1976

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Henry Robert Pearce (30 September 1905 – 20 May 1976) was an Australian three-time world champion sculler of the 1920s and 1930s. He won consecutive Olympic gold medals in the single sculls at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam and the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He won the World Sculling Championship in 1933, and twice successfully defended that title in 1934 and 1938. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bobby Pearce has received more than 2,721 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Bobby Pearce is the 1,539th most popular athlete (down from 164th in 2019), the 311th most popular biography from Australia (down from 96th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Australian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Bobby Pearce ranks 1,539 out of 6,025. Before him are Gabriele Rossetti, Magnus Goodman, Kenneth Lane, Yoshihiro Akiyama, Noemí Simonetto de Portela, and Hermann Hansen. After him are Colt Walker, Émile Wegelin, Edward Archibald, Annemarie Zimmermann, Jerzy Kaczmarek, and Birger Cederin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Bobby Pearce ranks 351. Before him are Andy Devine, Roy Henkel, Lev Arnshtam, Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, Roberto Cortés, and Antal Kocsis. After him are John Hoyt, Rodolfo Choperena, Chick Webb, Tex Ritter, Oleg Zhakov, and György Kulin. Among people deceased in 1976, Bobby Pearce ranks 244. Before him are Alexandru Cuedan, Gastone Darè, Joe Fulks, Ivan Borkovský, Muhammad Sakizli, and Nils Middelboe. After him are Toni Ulmen, Tibor Csík, Alfredo Porzio, Lucie Mannheim, Rupert Davies, and Achille Souchard.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Bobby Pearce ranks 311 out of 1,143. Before him are Wilberforce Eaves (1867), Mark Edmondson (1954), Horace Rice (1872), Nick Winter (1894), Claudia Black (1972), and Melissa George (1976). After him are Colt Walker (null), Leslie Boardman (1889), Josip Šimunić (1978), Ruby Payne-Scott (1912), Pat Rafter (1972), and Faith Leech (1941).

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Among ATHLETES In Australia

Among athletes born in Australia, Bobby Pearce ranks 20. Before him are Herb Elliott (1938), Dave Power (1928), Bill Bruce (1923), Cathy Freeman (1973), Wang Yan (null), and Nick Winter (1894). After him are Colt Walker (null), Betty McKinnon (1925), Pam Kilborn (1939), Marilyn Black (1944), Joyce King (1920), and Gordon George Avery (1925).

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