1942 - Today
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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Among athletes, Lynn Davies ranks 1,656 out of 3,059. Before 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.
1874 - 1962
HPI: 39.00
Rank: 1,650
1972 - Present
HPI: 38.97
Rank: 1,651
1951 - Present
HPI: 38.97
Rank: 1,652
1950 - 2013
HPI: 38.94
Rank: 1,653
1976 - Present
HPI: 38.93
Rank: 1,654
1965 - Present
HPI: 38.91
Rank: 1,655
1942 - Present
HPI: 38.91
Rank: 1,656
1950 - Present
HPI: 38.90
Rank: 1,657
1948 - Present
HPI: 38.90
Rank: 1,658
1952 - 1996
HPI: 38.89
Rank: 1,659
1952 - 2017
HPI: 38.88
Rank: 1,660
1976 - Present
HPI: 38.88
Rank: 1,661
1975 - Present
HPI: 38.86
Rank: 1,662
Among people born in 1942, Lynn Davies ranks 602. Before 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.
1942 - 2021
HPI: 39.31
Rank: 596
1942 - 2011
HPI: 39.15
Rank: 597
1942 - Present
HPI: 39.14
Rank: 598
1942 - 2017
HPI: 39.10
Rank: 599
1942 - Present
HPI: 39.04
Rank: 600
1942 - 2017
HPI: 38.94
Rank: 601
1942 - Present
HPI: 38.91
Rank: 602
1942 - 2015
HPI: 38.84
Rank: 603
1942 - Present
HPI: 38.69
Rank: 604
1942 - Present
HPI: 38.54
Rank: 605
1942 - 2018
HPI: 38.48
Rank: 606
1942 - 2021
HPI: 38.25
Rank: 607
1942 - 2019
HPI: 38.20
Rank: 608
Among people born in United Kingdom, Lynn Davies ranks 5,329 out of 7,765. Before 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).
1954 - Present
HPI: 38.93
Rank: 5,323
2001 - Present
HPI: 38.93
Rank: 5,324
1981 - Present
HPI: 38.93
Rank: 5,325
1987 - Present
HPI: 38.92
Rank: 5,326
1970 - Present
HPI: 38.91
Rank: 5,327
1957 - Present
HPI: 38.91
Rank: 5,328
1942 - Present
HPI: 38.91
Rank: 5,329
1982 - Present
HPI: 38.90
Rank: 5,330
1968 - Present
HPI: 38.90
Rank: 5,331
1987 - Present
HPI: 38.90
Rank: 5,332
1978 - 2006
HPI: 38.89
Rank: 5,333
1933 - 2013
HPI: 38.88
Rank: 5,334
1923 - 2003
HPI: 38.86
Rank: 5,335
Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Lynn Davies ranks 60. Before 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).
1955 - Present
HPI: 39.75
Rank: 54
1888 - 1976
HPI: 39.66
Rank: 55
1854 - 1929
HPI: 39.62
Rank: 56
1952 - Present
HPI: 39.59
Rank: 57
1969 - Present
HPI: 39.32
Rank: 58
1940 - Present
HPI: 39.05
Rank: 59
1942 - Present
HPI: 38.91
Rank: 60
1890 - 1958
HPI: 38.54
Rank: 61
1942 - 2021
HPI: 38.25
Rank: 62
1917 - 1998
HPI: 38.23
Rank: 63
1944 - 2010
HPI: 38.13
Rank: 64
1942 - Present
HPI: 37.90
Rank: 65
1936 - Present
HPI: 37.78
Rank: 66