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Douglas Bennett

1918 - 2008

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Douglas Bennett (September 13, 1918 – June 28, 2008) was a Canadian sprint canoeist who competed from the mid-1930s to the late 1940s. He won a silver medal in the C-1 1000 m event at 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Prior to becoming a canoeist, Bennett played for the Royal Montreal Hockey Club in 1937. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Douglas Bennett has received more than 9,765 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Douglas Bennett is the 1,141st most popular athlete (up from 1,224th in 2019), the 476th most popular biography from Canada (up from 541st in 2019) and the 16th most popular Canadian Athlete.

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  • 1.19

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Douglas Bennett ranks 1,141 out of 6,025. Before him are Petter Hugsted, Thorvald Strömberg, Walter Graf, Tommaso Lequio di Assaba, Perikles Kakousis, and Maurice Schilles. After him are Therese Zenz, Carlo Monti, Erik Adlerz, Barbara Sobotta, Willi Holdorf, and Lyudmila Andonova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Douglas Bennett ranks 262. Before him are Peter Poreku Dery, Tranquilo Cappozzo, Madeleine L'Engle, Yelizaveta Chaikina, Gunnel Vallquist, and Axel Grönberg. After him are Donald Regan, Anne Gwynne, Jacques Baratier, Gersh Budker, Mahmoud Namjoo, and Göte Hagström. Among people deceased in 2008, Douglas Bennett ranks 298. Before him are Laurus Škurla, Antonio José González Zumárraga, Árpád Orbán, Dingiri Banda Wijetunga, Ruslana Korshunova, and Igor Dmitriev. After him are Neil Bartlett, Alexander Courage, Benoît Lamy, Harvey Korman, Cecilia Colledge, and Pauline Baynes.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Douglas Bennett ranks 476 out of 1,622. Before him are Wendy Crewson (1956), Tom Taylor (1880), Sarah Carter (1980), Dwight Lodeweges (1957), Myrtle Cook (1902), and Viola Myers (1927). After him are Maurice Prendergast (1858), Tamara Taylor (1970), Lawrence Lambe (1863), Rae Dawn Chong (1961), Jennifer Granholm (1959), and Colin Munro MacLeod (1909).

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Among ATHLETES In Canada

Among athletes born in Canada, Douglas Bennett ranks 16. Before him are David Hall (1875), Peter Kirby (1931), Frank Dixon (1878), George Campbell (1878), Alex Wilson (1905), and Viola Myers (1927). After him are Ernest Hamilton (1883), Mary Frizzell (1913), John Emery (1932), Robert Benson (1894), Betty Taylor (1916), and Jack Cameron (1900).

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