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Mel Pender

1937 - Today

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Melvin Pender Jr. (born October 31, 1937, in Atlanta, Georgia) competed as a runner in the 1964 and 1968 Olympics, winning an Olympic gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1968 Summer Olympics. He had been a member of the Philadelphia Pioneer Track Club where he was coached by Alex Woodley, who had coached several other athletes who went on to participate in Olympic events. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Mel Pender is the 3,382nd most popular athlete (down from 2,373rd in 2024), the 15,864th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,632nd in 2019) and the 521st most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Mel Pender ranks 3,382 out of 6,025. Before him are Glory Alozie, Olaf Tufte, Tatyana Sadovskaya, Meseret Defar, Antonietta Di Martino, and Agnes Tirop. After him are Dumitru Răducanu, Laura Dahlmeier, Alessandro Puccini, Doina Spîrcu, Ulrich Kirchhoff, and Satu Mäkelä-Nummela.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Mel Pender ranks 569. Before him are Shay Brennan, Hal Rogers, Deven Verma, Hazel R. O'Leary, Alan Peacock, and Jasodhara Bagchi. After him are Bailey Howell, Richard Bryan, Luther Ingram, Rudolfo Anaya, and Rod Roddy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mel Pender ranks 15,871 out of 20,380. Before him are Wallace Roney (1960), Justin Verlander (1983), Bryan Fuller (1969), Raven-Symoné (1985), Sherwood C. Spring (1944), and Cosmo Jarvis (1989). After him are Marie Osmond (1959), Bailey Howell (1937), Duncan Robinson (1994), Masta Killa (1969), Roy Moore (1947), and Steven Smith (1958).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Mel Pender ranks 521. Before him are Lewis Tewanima (1888), Ashton Eaton (1988), Luis Castillo (null), Angelo Taylor (1978), Steve Riddick (1951), and Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (1996). After him are Kim Batten (1969), Kai Greene (1975), Chandra Cheeseborough (1959), Jeff Henderson (1989), Alan Forney (1960), and Derrick Adkins (1970).

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