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Galen Rupp

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Galen Rupp (born May 8, 1986) is an American long-distance runner. He competed in the Summer Olympics in 2008 in Beijing, 2012 in London, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro and 2021 in Tokyo. He won the silver medal in the men's 10,000 meters in London and the bronze medal in the men's marathon in Rio de Janeiro. Rupp competed for the University of Oregon and trained under Alberto Salazar as a member of the Nike Oregon Project. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Galen Rupp is the 6,339th most popular athlete (down from 5,131st in 2024), the 19,883rd most popular biography from United States (down from 18,593rd in 2019) and the 736th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Galen Rupp ranks 6,339 out of 6,025Before him are Ben Youssef Meïté, Hilde Fenne, Yasemin Smit, Marlies Smulders, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde, and Troy Elder. After him are Gao Yulan, Dong Bin, Matthew Wells, Helen Tanger, Kim Jung-hwan, and Yukiko Ueno.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1986, Galen Rupp ranks 1,450Before him are Aly Keita, Alexei Emelin, Tadija Dragićević, Ben Youssef Meïté, Martin Jakš, and Steven Taylor. After him are Panagiotis Glykos, Abdelhafid Benchabla, Yu Xu, Sergei Shirokov, Satoshi Shimizu, and Toshitaka Tsurumi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Galen Rupp ranks 19,891 out of 20,380Before him are Cathy O'Neil (null), Carrie Brownstein (1974), Robert Aderholt (1965), Ayad Akhtar (1970), Jhonen Vasquez (1974), and Lauren Bowles (1973). After him are Drew Gooden (1981), Murphy Jensen (1968), Raphael Bob-Waksberg (1984), Chris Massoglia (1992), Natalie Batalha (1966), and Ezra Klein (1984).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Galen Rupp ranks 736Before him are Tonja Buford-Bailey (1970), Kenny Bednarek (1998), Kim Gallagher (1964), Christian Coleman (1996), Trayvon Bromell (1995), and Melissa Jefferson-Wooden (2001). After him are Bershawn Jackson (1983), Anthony Rizzo (1989), Chris Huffins (1970), Tim Harden (1974), Lolo Jones (1982), and Kelly Clark (1983).