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Lynn Davies

1942 - Today

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Lynn Davies CBE (born 20 May 1942) is a Welsh former track and field athlete who specialised in the long jump. He was the 1964 Olympic champion in the event. He was born in Nantymoel near Bridgend and was a member of the Cardiff Amateur Athletic Club.Davies won an Olympic gold medal in the long jump in 1964 with a mark of 8.07 metres (26 ft 6 in), earning himself the nickname "Lynn the Leap". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lynn Davies has received more than 139,972 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Lynn Davies is the 1,656th most popular athlete (down from 1,220th in 2019), the 5,329th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,175th in 2019) and the 60th most popular British Athlete.

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  • 38.91

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Lynn Davies ranks 1,656 out of 3,059Before him are Victor Sonnemans, Derartu Tulu, Burglinde Pollak, Stanisław Szozda, Françoise Mbango Etone, and Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen. After him are Vladimir Semenets, Mario Aldo Montano, Vyacheslav Lemeshev, Margit Schumann, Ivan Tsikhan, and Ara Abrahamian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Lynn Davies ranks 602Before him are John Konrads, Pertti Purhonen, Dennis Hastert, Connie Hawkins, Joe Boyd, and Harvey Atkin. After him are Andraé Crouch, Anthony W. England, Karen Hantze Susman, Olivia Cole, Adrian Metcalfe, and Jürgen Kissner.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Lynn Davies ranks 5,329 out of 7,765Before him are George Galloway (1954), Mason Greenwood (2001), Shaun Wright-Phillips (1981), Aaron Lennon (1987), Louise Lombard (1970), and Ralph Brown (1957). After him are Shaun Murphy (1982), Peter Webber (1968), Joss Stone (1987), Paul Hunter (1978), Peter Broadbent (1933), and Trevor Ford (1923).

Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Lynn Davies ranks 60Before him are Steve Ovett (1955), David Jacobs (1888), Queenie Newall (1854), Allan Wells (1952), Fiona May (1969), and Mary Rand (1940). After him are Willie Applegarth (1890), Adrian Metcalfe (1942), Barbara Burke (1917), Janet Simpson (1944), Ann Packer (1942), and Thelma Hopkins (1936).