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Gordon Pirie

1931 - 1991

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Douglas Alistair Gordon Pirie (10 February 1931 – 7 December 1991) was an English long-distance runner. He competed in the 5000 m and 10,000 m events at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won a silver medal in the 5000 m in 1956, placing fourth in 1952. Born in Leeds, Pirie grew up in Coulsdon, Surrey, and ran for the South London Harriers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gordon Pirie has received more than 99,541 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Gordon Pirie is the 1,676th most popular athlete (down from 1,233rd in 2019), the 5,037th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,659th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular British Athlete.

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  • 20

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  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Gordon Pirie ranks 1,676 out of 6,025. Before her are Dragutin Topić, Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský, Marilyn White, Ernesto Formenti, István Barta, and Dušan Pašek. After her are Wesley Coe, Ann Packer, Bohumil Modrý, Billy Mills, Achille Souchard, and Walter Mahlendorf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Gordon Pirie ranks 535. Before her are Federico Edwards, Gisela Birkemeyer, Johnny Sheffield, Müzahir Sille, Kálmán Markovits, and Yves Dreyfus. After her are Dean Smith, Georgi Vladimov, Josephine Tewson, Jerry Herman, Bernie Geoffrion, and Boris Gurevich. Among people deceased in 1991, Gordon Pirie ranks 249. Before her are Aldo Ghira, Roy Welensky, Doc Pomus, Ágnes Nemes Nagy, Aline MacMahon, and Veniamin Alexandrov. After her are Happy Chandler, Grete Mostny, Alden Sanborn, Redd Foxx, Ambrus Nagy, and Eleanor Audley.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gordon Pirie ranks 5,037 out of 8,785. Before her are Olivia d'Abo (1969), Michael Hordern (1911), Charlie Cox (1982), Clive Bunker (1946), Jonny Buckland (1977), and Geraint Thomas (1986). After her are Ian McDonald (1960), Mark King (1958), Ælfheah of Canterbury (954), Ann Packer (1942), Neville Southall (1958), and Bruce Robinson (1946).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Gordon Pirie ranks 63. Before her are Stan Vickers (1932), John Fenning (1885), Sheila Lerwill (1928), Mary Peters (1939), Dorothy Shirley (1939), and Queenie Newall (1854). After her are Ann Packer (1942), Audrey Williamson (1926), Peter Wright (1970), David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905), George Cornet (1877), and Harold Whitlock (1903).

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