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Jennison Heaton

1904 - 1971

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Jennison Heaton (April 16, 1904 – August 6, 1971) was an American bobsled and skeleton racer. He competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics and won a gold medal in the skeleton event and a silver in the five-man bobsleigh competition. In the skeleton, Heaton beat the silver medalist (his younger brother John) by one second. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jennison Heaton has received more than 19,599 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jennison Heaton is the 2,448th most popular athlete (down from 1,753rd in 2019), the 13,132nd most popular biography from United States (down from 12,028th in 2019) and the 425th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jennison Heaton ranks 2,448 out of 6,025Before him are Lina Kačiušytė, William Tanui, Asbel Kiprop, Matthias Behr, Bernard Lagat, and Nikolina Shtereva. After him are Tim Montgomery, Vera Zozulya, Yvonne van Gennip, Gulnara Samitova-Galkina, Gerry Ashworth, and Robert Scheidt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Jennison Heaton ranks 355Before him are Selwyn Lloyd, Anna Neagle, Tom Conway, Mike Bookie, Libby Holman, and MacKinlay Kantor. After him are Gwen Lee, Alfred Lindley, Dorothy Fields, K. L. Saigal, Johnny Mack Brown, and H. Beam Piper. Among people deceased in 1971, Jennison Heaton ranks 252Before him are John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever, Ogden Nash, Edward Andrade, Richard Russell Jr., Libby Holman, and Edmund Lowe. After him are Lucien Hubbard, Raymond Hatton, Stevie Smith, and Phil Edwards.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jennison Heaton ranks 13,132 out of 20,380Before him are Raphael Sbarge (1965), Nathan Deal (1942), Gloria Allred (1941), Josh Peck (1986), Lesli Linka Glatter (1953), and Ivan Sergei (1971). After him are Don Cornelius (1936), Tim Montgomery (1975), Jerry Harrison (1949), Gwen Lee (1904), Derek Mears (1972), and Allen Lanier (1946).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Jennison Heaton ranks 425Before him are Fortune Gordien (1922), Alonzo Babers (1961), Joan Benoit (1957), Norvel Lee (1924), Willye White (1939), and John Woodruff (1915). After him are Tim Montgomery (1975), Gerry Ashworth (1942), Fred Newhouse (1948), Lawrence Shields (1895), Mary Decker (1958), and Aries Merritt (1985).