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Jerome Biffle

1928 - 2002

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Jerome Cousins Biffle (March 20, 1928 – September 4, 2002) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the long jump, where he was the Gold Medalist at the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games. Biffle was born in Denver, Colorado, and attended Denver East High School, where he won all-state honors in the 100 and 220-yard sprints, high jump and broad jump before landing at the University of Denver. Biffle was known as "the one-man track team" while attending university. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jerome Biffle has received more than 31,612 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Jerome Biffle is the 1,572nd most popular athlete (down from 1,066th in 2019), the 9,752nd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,956th in 2019) and the 271st most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jerome Biffle ranks 1,572 out of 6,025. Before him are Vladimir Nevzorov, Józef Grudzień, Roger Kingdom, Erwin Casmir, József Kovács, and Georgia Coleman. After him are Waldemar Tietgens, Ghiță Licu, Frederick Sheffield, Vyacheslav Vedenin, Irmgard Praetz, and Siegfried Purner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Jerome Biffle ranks 517. Before him are Surya Bahadur Thapa, Joaquín Capilla, Beniamino Andreatta, Christian Poncelet, Yakov Rylsky, and Maggie McNamara. After him are Bruce Ames, Ed Macauley, René Vautier, Dagmar Rom, Sheila Lerwill, and George Maharis. Among people deceased in 2002, Jerome Biffle ranks 304. Before him are Walter Lord, Otis Blackwell, Stanley Wagner, Salman Raduyev, Mitsuo Ikeda, and Francisco Cabañas. After him are Bob Hayes, Johannes Joachim Degenhardt, Joyce Cooper, Pierre Rapsat, Aglaja Veteranyi, and Davey Boy Smith.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jerome Biffle ranks 9,752 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Landau (1958), Reginald Arvizu (1969), Cobi Jones (1970), Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896), Natalie Talmadge (1896), and Leah Remini (1970). After him are Nicholas Katzenbach (1922), Joe Roth (1948), Stipe Miocic (1982), Ricky Steamboat (1953), Jack White (1975), and Marilu Henner (1952).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Jerome Biffle ranks 271. Before him are Frank Henry (1909), George Finnegan (1881), Barbara Ferrell (1947), Edward Stevens (1932), Roger Kingdom (1962), and Georgia Coleman (1912). After him are Frederick Sheffield (1902), Dorothy Poynton-Hill (1915), Carl Kaufmann (1936), Valerie Brisco-Hooks (1960), Marjorie Gestring (1922), and Butch Reynolds (1964).

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