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Oscar Osthoff

1883 - 1950

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Oscar Paul Osthoff (March 23, 1883 – December 9, 1950) was an American athlete and coach. Osthoff won the gold medal in the all-around dumbbell event and the silver medal in the two hand lift competition at the 1904 Summer Olympics. He later attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he lettered in four sports, he also was the sec of the athletic dept. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oscar Osthoff has received more than 15,163 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Oscar Osthoff is the 1,989th most popular athlete (down from 1,209th in 2019), the 11,269th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,432nd in 2019) and the 343rd most popular American Athlete.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.20

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  • 1.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Oscar Osthoff ranks 1,989 out of 6,025. Before him are Daniel Rudisha, Donovan Bailey, Nesta Carter, Josef Kloimstein, Burton Downing, and Ferenc Török. After him are Saida Gunba, Gail Devers, Nobuo Arai, Jim Ryun, Detlef Michel, and Filbert Bayi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Oscar Osthoff ranks 272. Before him are Francis X. Bushman, Nathaniel Cartmell, Pauline Frederick, Anders Hylander, Leo Goodwin, and Mary Forbes. After him are Ernie Parker, Compton Mackenzie, John Taylor, Polly Moran, Johan Olin, and Seán Mac Diarmada. Among people deceased in 1950, Oscar Osthoff ranks 187. Before him are Lesley Ashburner, Sid Grauman, Monty Banks, Louis Wilkins, Riccardo Nowak, and Ken Huszagh. After him are Conrad Christensen, Anders Peter Nielsen, Charles R. Drew, Peter Fraser, Alan Hale Sr., and Annie Montague Alexander.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Oscar Osthoff ranks 11,269 out of 20,380. Before him are Tiffany Mynx (1971), Frances Harper (1825), T.I. (1980), Don Stark (1954), John Toll (1952), and John Allen Nelson (1959). After him are William H. Gass (1924), Branford Marsalis (1960), Yolanda King (1955), Hugh Marlowe (1911), Big Joe Williams (1903), and Tamara Dobson (1947).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Oscar Osthoff ranks 343. Before him are Louis Wilkins (1882), John Mulcahy (1876), Anne Henning (1955), Duvall Hecht (1930), Mae Faggs (1932), and Burton Downing (1885). After him are Gail Devers (1966), Jim Ryun (1947), Gilbert Colgate (1899), James Dunbar (1930), Kenny Harrison (1965), and Horace Ashenfelter (1923).

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