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Jean Boiteux

1933 - 2010

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Jean Boiteux (20 June 1933 – 11 April 2010) was a French freestyle swimmer. He competed at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won the 400 m event in 1952, breaking the Olympic record and becoming the first French swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Boiteux has received more than 24,127 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Boiteux is the 864th most popular athlete (down from 689th in 2019), the 4,439th most popular biography from France (down from 3,990th in 2019) and the 45th most popular French Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jean Boiteux ranks 864 out of 3,059Before him are Marc Wright, Oscar Olson, Klaus Wolfermann, Thomas Köhler, Liv Grete Skjelbreid, and Asbjørn Ruud. After him are Oskar Olsen, Pierre Trentin, Edward Lindberg, Bill Nieder, Henri Deloge, and Max Emmerich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Jean Boiteux ranks 380Before him are Maigonis Valdmanis, Ellen Winther, Peter Orlovsky, Habib Thiam, Gurdial Singh, and Ágnes Gergely. After him are Radivoje Ognjanović, Bill Nieder, Bengt Berndtsson, Janusz Sidło, Yuri Chesnokov, and Glenn Corbett. Among people deceased in 2010, Jean Boiteux ranks 313Before him are Eva Ibbotson, Peter Orlovsky, Imre Polyák, Luigi Padovese, José Antonio Labordeta, and Abel Muzorewa. After him are Federico Vairo, Joaquín Capilla, Kazimir Hnatow, Yuri Chesnokov, Pavel Kolchin, and Antonio Ozores.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Boiteux ranks 4,439 out of 6,011Before him are Roman Coppola (1965), Louis Daquin (1908), Célestin Delmer (1907), Michel Bonnevie (1921), Paul Henri Lecomte (1856), and Cédric Villani (1973). After him are Bernard Collomb (1930), Pierre Trentin (1944), Henri Deloge (1874), Louis Chaillot (1914), Kazimir Hnatow (1929), and Edward Gardère (1909).

Among ATHLETES In France

Among athletes born in France, Jean Boiteux ranks 45Before him are Jacques Cariou (1870), René Lorain (1900), Jean Gachet (1894), André Bonin (1909), Michel Jazy (1936), and Roger de Barbarin (1860). After him are Pierre Trentin (1944), Henri Deloge (1874), Edward Gardère (1909), Victor Thibault (1867), André Gaboriaud (1895), and Frantz Reichel (1871).