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Hilda Strike

1910 - 1989

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Hilda Gwendolyn Strike (later Sisson, September 1, 1910 – March 9, 1989) was a Canadian track athlete and Olympic medalist. She was born in Montreal and died in Ottawa. Competing in the 1932 Summer Olympics, she won a silver medal in the 4×100 metre relay and a silver medal in the 100 metre losing to Stanisława Walasiewicz. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hilda Strike has received more than 20,636 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Hilda Strike is the 1,644th most popular athlete (down from 1,087th in 2019), the 576th most popular biography from Canada (down from 511th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Canadian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Hilda Strike ranks 1,644 out of 6,025Before her are Gábor Benedek, Herbert Gruber, John Fenning, Eddy Ottoz, Kazimierz Paździor, and Masanori Yusa. After her are Munyoro Nyamau, Pentti Linnosvuo, Luis Martínez, Bob Hayes, Betty McKinnon, and Márton Homonnai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Hilda Strike ranks 360Before her are Gordon B. Hinckley, József Várszegi, Lucky Dube, Peter Hirt, Mae Clarke, and Herbert Adamski. After her are Charles Kieffer, Jimmy Murphy, David Rose, Raya Dunayevskaya, Bill Pickering, and Carlos Cillóniz. Among people deceased in 1989, Hilda Strike ranks 266Before her are Jim Backus, Frank Henry, György Kulin, Edvin Laine, Erich Herrmann, and Joseph Van Ingelgem. After her are Jimmy Murphy, Elaine de Kooning, Friederich Franzl, Ernesto Formenti, Woody Shaw, and Lawrence Stevens.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Hilda Strike ranks 576 out of 1,622Before her are Herb Drury (1896), Francisco Fernández (null), Hilarion Kapral (1948), Yvonne Brill (1924), Teryl Rothery (1962), and Helen Shaver (1951). After her are Claude Vivier (1948), Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin (1849), Daniel David Palmer (1845), William Diller Matthew (1871), Robert H. MacArthur (1930), and Angela Hewitt (1958).

Among ATHLETES In Canada

Among athletes born in Canada, Hilda Strike ranks 27Before her are Robert Benson (1894), Betty Taylor (1916), Jack Cameron (1900), Kenneth Lane (1923), Edward Archibald (1884), and Francisco Fernández (null). After her are George Cloutier (1876), Dorothy Brookshaw (1912), Ross Taylor (1902), Eva Dawes (1912), Archibald MacKinnon (1937), and John Porter (1904).