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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 2,505 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Bobby Pearce is the 164th most popular athlete (up from 439th in 2019), the 96th most popular biography from Australia (up from 176th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Australian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Bobby Pearce ranks 164 out of 3,059Before him are Vladimir Kuts, Ralph Boston, Esther Brand, Gunnar Höckert, Margitta Gummel, and Imre Németh. After him are Eugen Schmidt, William Hoyt, Charles Dvorak, Ethel Smith, Viorica Viscopoleanu, and Chris Dickerson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Bobby Pearce ranks 159Before him are Robert Stevenson, Ángel Bossio, André Cluytens, Manuel Ferreira, Paul Grimault, and Ivan Eklind. After him are Joan Coromines, Leo Genn, Georges Schehadé, Eugen Sänger, Aurelio González, and Al Taliaferro. Among people deceased in 1976, Bobby Pearce ranks 118Before him are Juan d'Arienzo, Pinhas Lavon, Jack Cassidy, Lotte Lehmann, Wan Waithayakon, and José Lezama Lima. After him are L. S. Lowry, Mark Tobey, Alfons Rebane, Jean Martinon, Jean Servais, and Juan José Torres.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Bobby Pearce ranks 96 out of 925Before him are David Warren (1925), John Williams (1941), Judy Davis (1955), John Curtin (1885), Leo McKern (1920), and Mark Webber (1976). After him are Kevin Rudd (1957), Annette Kellermann (1887), Tommy Emmanuel (1955), Samuel Alexander (1859), Peter C. Doherty (1940), and Terence Tao (1975).

Among ATHLETES In Australia

Among athletes born in Australia, Bobby Pearce ranks 2Before him are Peter Norman (1942). After him are Ron Clarke (1937), Nick Winter (1894), John Landy (1930), Betty Cuthbert (1938), John Winter (1924), George Parker (1896), Shirley Strickland (1925), Stan Rowley (1876), Norma Croker (1934), and Cathy Freeman (1973).