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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 92,864 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Gordon Pirie is the 1,234th most popular athlete (down from 784th in 2019), the 4,669th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,211th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular British Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Gordon Pirie ranks 1,234 out of 3,059. Before her are Tiril Eckhoff, Gösta Lilliehöök, Duncan White, Heinz Körvers, Bohumil Němeček, and Arthur Schnabel. After her are István Barta, Fred Tootell, Rodolfo Terlizzi, Betty Taylor, Hans-Georg Reimann, and Magdalena Neuner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Gordon Pirie ranks 453. Before her are Charles Colson, Enrique Hormazábal, Janice Rule, Nirupa Roy, Ursula Donath, and Luciano Tesi. After her are D. M. Jayaratne, Teresa Brewer, Ernest Schultz, Algis Budrys, Ronald Drever, and Mark Midler. Among people deceased in 1991, Gordon Pirie ranks 227. Before her are Aldo Ghira, Cliff Bastin, Paulo Muwanga, Tom Bridger, Grete Mostny, and Meindert DeJong. After her are Eleanor Audley, Carl Shy, John Hoyt, Forrest Towns, Gloria Holden, and Kenas Aroi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gordon Pirie ranks 4,669 out of 7,765. Before her are Basil Hume (1923), Richard Brake (1964), Fred Davis (1913), Sean Pertwee (1964), Trent Alexander-Arnold (1998), and Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (1845). After her are Will Poulter (1993), Bryan Sykes (1947), Henry Tate (1819), Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer (1850), Charles Tate Regan (1878), and Pat Fry (1964).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Gordon Pirie ranks 42. Before her are Dorothy Tyler-Odam (1920), Victor d'Arcy (1887), Mary Peters (1939), Cecil Griffiths (1900), Jayne Torvill (1957), and Tom Richards (1910). After her are Audrey Williamson (1926), Stan Vickers (1932), Nancy Mackay (1922), Jack Beresford (1899), Basil Heatley (1933), and Sheila Lerwill (1928).

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