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Launceston Elliot

1874 - 1930

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Launceston Elliot (9 June 1874 – 8 August 1930) was a British weightlifter, and the first athlete representing the United Kingdom to become an Olympic champion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Launceston Elliot has received more than 94,785 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Launceston Elliot is the 487th most popular athlete (up from 564th in 2019), the 580th most popular biography from India (down from 546th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Indian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Launceston Elliot ranks 487 out of 6,025. Before him are Władysław Komar, Mahmoud Fayad, Jacques Noël, Heide Rosendahl, Veikko Karvonen, and Armas Taipale. After him are Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Frank Loomis, Trine Hattestad, Eugène Balme, Ellen Braumüller, and Imre Nagy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Launceston Elliot ranks 170. Before him are José de Amézola y Aspizúa, Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Dmitry Gulia, Amy Lowell, Auguste Giroux, and Ricardo Leoncio Elías Arias. After him are Eugène Balme, Frank Elmore Ross, Edward Marsh, Bill Holland, Akaki Chkhenkeli, and Emmanuel Célestin Suhard. Among people deceased in 1930, Launceston Elliot ranks 96. Before him are Henri Jobier, Florbela Espanca, Walther Reinhardt, Laura Muntz Lyall, Henry Dudeney, and Vladan Đorđević. After him are Bill Holland, Vintilă Brătianu, Juan Luis Sanfuentes, Florian Cajori, Leonard Meredith, and Nikolay Kasatkin.

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In India

Among people born in India, Launceston Elliot ranks 580 out of 1,861. Before him are Roshan Seth (1942), Naseeruddin Shah (1949), The Great Gama (1878), Verghese Kurien (1921), Muhammad Azam Shah (1653), and Sivaji Ganesan (1928). After him are Fauja Singh (1911), Charu Majumdar (1918), Kajal Aggarwal (1985), Cerverí de Girona (1259), Baji Rao II (1775), and Sanjay Dutt (1959).

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Among ATHLETES In India

Among athletes born in India, Launceston Elliot ranks 3. Before him are K. D. Jadhav (1926), and Charles Gmelin (1872). After him are Fauja Singh (1911), P. T. Usha (1964), Godfrey Brown (1915), Udham Singh (1928), Balbir Singh Sr. (1923), Leslie Claudius (1927), Karnam Malleswari (1975), Richard Allen (1902), and Ajit Pal Singh (1947).

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