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John Rimmer

1878 - 1962

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John Thomas Rimmer (27 April 1878 – 6 June 1962) was a British athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1900 Summer Olympics. Rimmer won the AAA Championships in 4 miles (6.4 km) in 1900. He was born in Birkdale, Merseyside. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Rimmer has received more than 15,406 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). John Rimmer is the 515th most popular athlete (down from 490th in 2019), the 3,555th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,491st in 2019) and the 22nd most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, John Rimmer ranks 515 out of 3,059Before him are Gustavo Marzi, Leslie Laing, Ken Carpenter, Alexandre Tuffère, Aleksandra Chudina, and Antal Kiss. After him are George Underwood, Rex Cawley, Paul Martin, Axel Norling, Chūhei Nambu, and Perikles Kakousis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, John Rimmer ranks 168Before him are Spyridon Belokas, Louise Dresser, František Janda-Suk, William Orpen, Ion Dragoumis, and Joel Stebbins. After him are Mikheil Tsereteli, Constance Collier, María Guadalupe García Zavala, Gustav Schuft, Mohammad Ali Jauhar, and Henry B. Walthall. Among people deceased in 1962, John Rimmer ranks 141Before him are G. M. Trevelyan, Bidhan Chandra Roy, Louis Raymond, Ramón Pérez de Ayala, Knud Kristensen, and Per Thorén. After him are Mykolas Biržiška, Charles Reisner, Manolis Kalomiris, Iuliu Baratky, Otto Froitzheim, and Sven Landberg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Rimmer ranks 3,555 out of 7,765Before him are Julian Richings (1955), William Shanks (1812), Neil Bartlett (1932), N. E. Brown (1849), Kevin McKidd (1973), and William Thomas Blanford (1832). After him are Donald Sumpter (1943), Prince George of Cambridge (2013), Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800), Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet (1628), Thomas Dekker (1572), and Jane Ellen Harrison (1850).

Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, John Rimmer ranks 22Before him are Robert Kerr (1882), Edwin Flack (1873), Tommy Hampson (1907), Albert Hill (1889), Bill Roberts (1912), and Don Thompson (1933). After him are Charles Bennett (1870), George Larner (1875), Zara Tindall (1981), David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905), Guy Butler (1899), and Sidney Robinson (1876).