1948 - 1970
Lillian Barbara Board, (13 December 1948 – 26 December 1970) was a British athlete. She won the silver medal in the 400 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, and two gold medals at the 1969 European Championships in Athletics in Athens. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lillian Board has received more than 243,638 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Lillian Board is the 1,630th most popular athlete (down from 1,136th in 2019), the 190th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 182nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular South African Athlete.
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Among athletes, Lillian Board ranks 1,630 out of 3,059. Before her are Phil Edwards, Fyodor Simashev, Kim Collins, Frank Havens, Andrey Abduvaliyev, and Stefan Lövgren. After her are Pertti Purhonen, Igor Romishevsky, Mac Wilkins, Werner von Moltke, Peter Mueller, and Abel Kiviat.
1907 - 1971
HPI: 39.19
Rank: 1,624
1945 - 1997
HPI: 39.19
Rank: 1,625
1976 - Present
HPI: 39.19
Rank: 1,626
1924 - 2018
HPI: 39.18
Rank: 1,627
1966 - Present
HPI: 39.18
Rank: 1,628
1970 - Present
HPI: 39.16
Rank: 1,629
1948 - 1970
HPI: 39.16
Rank: 1,630
1942 - 2011
HPI: 39.15
Rank: 1,631
1940 - 2013
HPI: 39.14
Rank: 1,632
1950 - Present
HPI: 39.14
Rank: 1,633
1936 - 2019
HPI: 39.13
Rank: 1,634
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.12
Rank: 1,635
1892 - 1991
HPI: 39.10
Rank: 1,636
Among people born in 1948, Lillian Board ranks 623. Before her are Javier Aguirresarobe, Wayne Kramer, Hans van Helden, Patrice Rio, Lewis Black, and Edward Lachman. After her are Trevor Brooking, Srgjan Kerim, David Marks, Juan José Muñante, Mario Aldo Montano, and Saroj Khan. Among people deceased in 1970, Lillian Board ranks 241. Before her are William Beaudine, Earl Eby, Chester Morris, Feroz Khan Noon, Richard Cushing, and Charlie Ruggles. After her are Patricia Ellis, Rose McConnell Long, and Walter Reuther.
1948 - Present
HPI: 39.41
Rank: 617
1948 - 2024
HPI: 39.40
Rank: 618
1948 - Present
HPI: 39.34
Rank: 619
1948 - Present
HPI: 39.32
Rank: 620
1948 - Present
HPI: 39.25
Rank: 621
1948 - Present
HPI: 39.24
Rank: 622
1948 - 1970
HPI: 39.16
Rank: 623
1948 - Present
HPI: 39.11
Rank: 624
1948 - Present
HPI: 39.06
Rank: 625
1948 - Present
HPI: 39.01
Rank: 626
1948 - 2019
HPI: 38.91
Rank: 627
1948 - Present
HPI: 38.90
Rank: 628
1948 - 2020
HPI: 38.65
Rank: 629
1892 - 1970
HPI: 40.43
Rank: 235
1894 - 1970
HPI: 40.30
Rank: 236
1901 - 1970
HPI: 40.25
Rank: 237
1893 - 1970
HPI: 39.92
Rank: 238
1895 - 1970
HPI: 39.51
Rank: 239
1886 - 1970
HPI: 39.40
Rank: 240
1948 - 1970
HPI: 39.16
Rank: 241
1915 - 1970
HPI: 37.20
Rank: 242
1892 - 1970
HPI: 36.36
Rank: 243
1907 - 1970
HPI: 36.14
Rank: 244
Among people born in South Africa, Lillian Board ranks 190 out of 374. Before her are Lawrence Stevens (1913), Clarence Walker (1898), Athol Fugard (1932), Bessie Head (1937), Neville Lederle (1938), and Siphiwe Tshabalala (1984). After her are Ernie Pieterse (1938), Steven Pienaar (1982), Luki Botha (1930), Kevin Anderson (1986), Trevor Blokdyk (1935), and Reeva Steenkamp (1983).
1913 - 1989
HPI: 39.62
Rank: 184
1898 - 1957
HPI: 39.52
Rank: 185
1932 - Present
HPI: 39.52
Rank: 186
1937 - 1986
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 187
1938 - 2019
HPI: 39.21
Rank: 188
1984 - Present
HPI: 39.20
Rank: 189
1948 - 1970
HPI: 39.16
Rank: 190
1938 - 2017
HPI: 39.15
Rank: 191
1982 - Present
HPI: 39.08
Rank: 192
1930 - 2006
HPI: 38.95
Rank: 193
1986 - Present
HPI: 38.77
Rank: 194
1935 - 1995
HPI: 38.76
Rank: 195
1983 - 2013
HPI: 38.41
Rank: 196
Among athletes born in South Africa, Lillian Board ranks 11. Before her are Bevil Rudd (1894), Marjorie Clark (1909), Caster Semenya (1991), Christian Gitsham (1888), Lawrence Stevens (1913), and Clarence Walker (1898). After her are Zola Budd (1966), Wayde van Niekerk (1992), Josia Thugwane (1971), Frantz Kruger (1975), Kelsey-Lee Barber (1991), and Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (1980).
1894 - 1948
HPI: 46.34
Rank: 5
1909 - 1993
HPI: 41.67
Rank: 6
1991 - Present
HPI: 40.94
Rank: 7
1888 - 1956
HPI: 40.92
Rank: 8
1913 - 1989
HPI: 39.62
Rank: 9
1898 - 1957
HPI: 39.52
Rank: 10
1948 - 1970
HPI: 39.16
Rank: 11
1966 - Present
HPI: 36.26
Rank: 12
1992 - Present
HPI: 36.26
Rank: 13
1971 - Present
HPI: 31.43
Rank: 14
1975 - Present
HPI: 31.11
Rank: 15
1991 - Present
HPI: 30.61
Rank: 16
1980 - 2014
HPI: 30.54
Rank: 17