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John Flanagan

1873 - 1938

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John Joseph Flanagan (sometimes spelled Flannigan; January 28, 1868 – June 3, 1938) was an Irish-American three-time Olympic gold medalist in the hammer throw, winning in 1900, 1904, and 1908. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Flanagan has received more than 33,463 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). John Flanagan is the 117th most popular athlete (up from 123rd in 2019), the 109th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 125th in 2019) and the most popular Irish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, John Flanagan ranks 117 out of 3,059Before him are Jan Železný, Armin Hary, Rudolf Bauer, Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, Robert Shavlakadze, and Anatoliy Bondarchuk. After him are Edgar Aabye, Eliud Kipchoge, Jay Cutler, Lina Radke, Harold Abrahams, and Michael Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, John Flanagan ranks 86Before him are Dámaso Berenguer, Nikolai Tcherepnin, Joseph Paul-Boncour, Richard Wilhelm, Leo Fall, and Henri Rabaud. After him are José Martínez Ruiz, E. D. Morel, Ramón Castillo, Joseph Jongen, Marija Jurić Zagorka, and Thomas Curtis. Among people deceased in 1938, John Flanagan ranks 103Before him are Prince Arthur of Connaught, E. C. Segar, Kazimierz Twardowski, George Ellery Hale, Prince Johann Georg of Saxony, and Ernest William Brown. After him are Ramón Franco, Hovhannes Kajaznuni, Otto Warburg, Gustav Klutsis, Saken Seifullin, and Miguel Cabanellas.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, John Flanagan ranks 109 out of 501Before him are Kevin of Glendalough (498), John Ellis (1710), Grace O'Malley (1530), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (1977), Edward Bruce (1275), and G. E. M. Anscombe (1919). After him are Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751), Jim Sheridan (1949), Gilbert O'Sullivan (1946), Charles Stewart Parnell (1846), Daniel O'Connell (1775), and John Banville (1945).

Among ATHLETES In Ireland

Among athletes born in Ireland, John Flanagan ranks 1After him are Pat McDonald (1878), Matt McGrath (1875), Patrick Ryan (1881), Martin Sheridan (1881), Tim Ahearne (1885), Patrick Leahy (1877), Tom Kiely (1869), Edward Barrett (1877), Pat O'Callaghan (1906), Con Leahy (1876), and Ron Delany (1935).