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Jim Lightbody

1882 - 1953

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James Davies Lightbody (March 16, 1882 – March 2, 1953) was an American middle distance runner, winner of six Olympic medals (two of which are no longer recognized by the International Olympic Committee following its downgrading of the 1906 Intercalated Games) in the early 20th century. Lightbody, born in Pittsburgh and graduating from Central High School in Muncie, Indiana, had great success at the 1904 Summer Olympics, held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jim Lightbody has received more than 20,622 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Jim Lightbody is the 404th most popular athlete (up from 472nd in 2019), the 5,719th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,501st in 2019) and the 100th most popular American Athlete.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jim Lightbody ranks 404 out of 6,025. Before him are Otis Davis, Sidney Johnson, Nam Sung-yong, Angéla Németh, Hallgeir Brenden, and Edvin Wide. After him are Leslie Laing, Tyson Gay, Marianne Werner, Émile Champion, Joseph Benz, and Wilhelmina von Bremen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Jim Lightbody ranks 178. Before him are Ossip Bernstein, Wilhelm Nusselt, Osip Piatnitsky, George Bancroft, Mykhailo Boychuk, and Giovanni Amendola. After him are Pierre Mac Orlan, Amelita Galli-Curci, Lydia Lipkowska, Paul Bekker, Alfred Keller, and Aleksander Skrzyński. Among people deceased in 1953, Jim Lightbody ranks 120. Before him are August Emil Fieldorf, Albert Meyer, Charles William Miller, Oskar Luts, Isaías Medina Angarita, and Walter Wild. After him are Milovan Jakšić, Pierre Dupong, Dooley Wilson, Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg, Lewis Fry Richardson, and Auguste Giroux.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jim Lightbody ranks 5,719 out of 20,380. Before him are Alex Katz (1927), John Corbett (1961), Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington (1920), Diane Disney Miller (1933), Edwin Frederick O'Brien (1939), and William Shepherd (1949). After him are Robert H. Dicke (1916), Vince Lombardi (1913), Robert W. Floyd (1936), Francis Hunter (1894), Raymond J. Barry (1939), and Reggie Miller (1965).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Jim Lightbody ranks 100. Before him are Forrest Smithson (1884), Emerson Spencer (1906), Allen Woodring (1898), Bobby Morrow (1935), Otis Davis (1932), and Sidney Johnson (1877). After him are Tyson Gay (1982), Wilhelmina von Bremen (1909), Jean Shiley (1911), Louis Abell (1884), Edward Cook (1888), and Harry Stenqvist (1893).

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