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Mike Larrabee

1933 - 2003

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Mike Larrabee (Michael Denny Larrabee; December 2, 1933 – April 22, 2003) was an American athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Born in Hollywood, California and raised in Ventura, Larrabee was a young running talent in the mid-1950s. In 1952, his athletic performances earned him a scholarship at the University of Southern California, from which he graduated as a geology major. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mike Larrabee has received more than 47,015 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Mike Larrabee is the 665th most popular athlete (up from 794th in 2019), the 6,901st most popular biography from United States (up from 7,893rd in 2019) and the 148th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Mike Larrabee ranks 665 out of 6,025Before him are Carlo Pavesi, Charles Greene, Durward Knowles, Fernando Altimani, Gösta Andersson, and Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston. After him are Bill Roberts, František Čapek, Anfisa Reztsova, Nelson Prudêncio, Saverio Ragno, and William Stevenson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Mike Larrabee ranks 359Before him are Imants Ziedonis, Leonid Kharitonov, Basdeo Panday, Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, Renée Colliard, and Richard Williams. After him are Akira Endo, May Britt, Harve Presnell, Gabriel Aresti, Borislav Ivkov, and Christa Stubnick. Among people deceased in 2003, Mike Larrabee ranks 243Before him are Roy Jenkins, Béla Kárpáti, José Juncosa, Stu Hart, Ignacio Velasco, and Horace W. Babcock. After him are Tommy Seebach, Carlos Roberto Reina, Jürgen Möllemann, Walter J. Ong, Yuri Shchekochikhin, and Natalia Dudinskaya.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mike Larrabee ranks 6,901 out of 20,380Before him are Alf Clausen (1941), Charles Greene (1945), Sam Altman (1985), Johnny "Guitar" Watson (1935), Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston (1903), and Horace W. Babcock (1912). After him are Paula Fox (1923), Edgar Winter (1946), Brenda Song (1988), Michael Learned (1939), Curtis Fuller (1934), and Mildred Gillars (1900).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Mike Larrabee ranks 148Before him are Emmett Toppino (1909), Marc Wright (1890), Wyomia Tyus (1945), Maurice Greene (1974), Charles Greene (1945), and Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston (1903). After him are William Stevenson (1900), Bud Houser (1901), Harriet Bland (1915), Lillian Copeland (1904), James Juvenal (1874), and Arthur Harnden (1924).