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Dorothy Brookshaw

1912 - 1962

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Dorothy Elizabeth Anne "Dot" Brookshaw (December 20, 1912 – September 3, 1962) was a Canadian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. She competed for Canada in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the bronze medal with her teammates Mildred Dolson, Hilda Cameron and Aileen Meagher. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dorothy Brookshaw has received more than 8,504 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Dorothy Brookshaw is the 1,123rd most popular athlete, the 523rd most popular biography from Canada and the 16th most popular Canadian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Dorothy Brookshaw ranks 1,123 out of 3,059Before her are Aldo Ghira, Erkki Kataja, Wang Junxia, Commodore Cochran, Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo, and Robert Benson. After her are Achille Souchard, Gelindo Bordin, Tetsuo Hamuro, Ilona Gusenbauer, Shaun White, and Stan Rowley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Dorothy Brookshaw ranks 324Before her are John Le Mesurier, Hilda Cameron, Toni Merkens, Héctor Socorro, Tibor Berczelly, and Roger Michelot. After her are Cliff Bastin, Sarah Palfrey Cooke, Josef Streb, Sam Snead, Francisco Cabañas, and Rudolf Stahl. Among people deceased in 1962, Dorothy Brookshaw ranks 179Before her are Emmanuil Kazakevich, Bjørn Rasmussen, William Beebe, Nikolai Pogodin, Leon Kruczkowski, and Gerrit Achterberg. After her are R. H. Tawney, Clara Blandick, Seiichiro Kashio, Edy Reinalter, Erik Granfelt, and Peter Ryan.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Dorothy Brookshaw ranks 523 out of 1,350Before her are Owen Hargreaves (1981), Marie Prevost (1896), Roger Avary (1965), Robert Benson (1894), Guy Delisle (1966), and JR Bourne (1970). After her are Shay Mitchell (1987), Nicholas Latifi (1995), Diego Klattenhoff (1979), Tara Strong (1973), David Furnish (1962), and Molly Parker (1972).

Among ATHLETES In Canada

Among athletes born in Canada, Dorothy Brookshaw ranks 16Before her are Jane Bell (1910), Donald Arnold (1935), Edward Archibald (1884), Harry Watson (1898), Hilda Strike (1910), and Robert Benson (1894). After her are Doug Rogers (1941), Douglas Bennett (1918), Betty Taylor (1916), Cyril Slater (1896), Frank Amyot (1904), and Hayley Wickenheiser (1978).