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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 29,130 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Jerome Biffle is the 1,067th most popular athlete (down from 826th in 2019), the 8,974th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,935th in 2019) and the 197th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jerome Biffle ranks 1,067 out of 3,059Before him are Oreste Puliti, Erik Svensson, Göte Hagström, Annegret Richter, Karel Lismont, and Anni Holdmann. After him are Ivar Aronsson, Shirley Strickland, Kalevi Kotkas, Robert Hennet, Giancarlo Ferrari, and Giorgio Chiavacci.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Jerome Biffle ranks 437Before him are Earl Holliman, Ivan Kizimov, Beniamino Andreatta, Gerino Gerini, Maggie McNamara, and Tommy Docherty. After him are Ivar Aronsson, Péter Bacsó, Giovanni Giacomazzi, Juan Rodríguez, Christian Poncelet, and Władysław Hasior. Among people deceased in 2002, Jerome Biffle ranks 277Before him are Bob Hayes, Katya Paskaleva, Mary Carew, Ivano Blason, Jovdat Hajiyev, and John Gorton. After him are Gregorio Fuentes, Mikhail Krug, Katrin Cartlidge, Vladimir Romashkin, Jack Shea, and Sylvia Rivera.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jerome Biffle ranks 8,974 out of 18,182Before him are Debi Diamond (1965), John F. Kelly (1950), Mary Kay Place (1947), Carly Fiorina (1954), John Torrey (1796), and Dan Lauria (1947). After him are Joseph Lamb (1887), Orlando Jones (1968), John Adair (1757), Marston Morse (1892), Greta Gerwig (1983), and Russell Simpson (1880).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Jerome Biffle ranks 197Before him are Larry James (1947), Ira Murchison (1933), Sammy Lee (1920), George Dole (1885), Mary Carew (1913), and Frederick Moloney (1882). After him are John Cregan (1878), Mildred Wiley (1901), Steve Anderson (1906), Sabin Carr (1904), Morris Kirksey (1895), and Jack Shea (1910).