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Frederick Holman

1885 - 1913

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Frederick Holman (9 February 1883 – 23 January 1913) was an English competitive swimmer from Dawlish, Devon, England. Holman represented Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, where he won the gold medal in the men's 200-metre breaststroke event and did not compete in any other events. He died of typhoid fever in Exeter in January 1913, aged 29. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick Holman has received more than 2,474 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Frederick Holman is the 98th most popular swimmer (down from 75th in 2019), the 4,614th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,750th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Frederick Holman ranks 98 out of 709. Before him are Mike Burton, Allen Stack, Nel van Vliet, Irene Steer, László Szabados, and John Devitt. After him are Wally Ris, Max Schöne, Elemér Szathmáry, Gilbert Bozon, Georg Hoffmann, and Frances Schroth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Frederick Holman ranks 240. Before him are Charles Henry Bartlett, Luciano Savorini, Frank Hurley, Cezaria Jędrzejewiczowa, Julio Lozano Díaz, and Adela Pankhurst. After him are Mário de Noronha, Ben Chifley, James Scott, Herbert Stothart, Erik Algot Fredriksson, and Enrico Mizzi. Among people deceased in 1913, Frederick Holman ranks 88. Before him are Gregorio María Aguirre y García, Elena Guro, John Milne, Frederick Rolfe, Anthimus VII of Constantinople, and Emma Schenson. After him are George Finnegan, Alphonse Kirchhoffer, Daniel David Palmer, Robert Collett, Alfred Austin, and Walter Rutherford.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frederick Holman ranks 4,614 out of 8,785. Before him are Spottiswoode Aitken (1868), Adela Pankhurst (1885), John of Worcester (1100), Sylvia Syms (1934), Peter Arundell (1933), and Allan Williams (1930). After him are Mark Williams (1975), Yvonne Blake (1940), Robert Wight (1796), Ann Jones (1938), Billy Bingham (1931), and Richard Gunn (1871).

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Among SWIMMERS In United Kingdom

Among swimmers born in United Kingdom, Frederick Holman ranks 5. Before him are Henry Taylor (1885), John Derbyshire (1878), John Arthur Jarvis (1872), and Irene Steer (1889). After him are Murray Rose (1939), Belle Moore (1894), Jennie Fletcher (1890), Valerie Davies (1912), Lucy Morton (1898), Annie Speirs (1889), and Judy Grinham (1939).

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