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Patrick Ryan

1881 - 1964

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Patrick James Ryan (20 January 1883 – 13 February 1964) was an Irish American hammer thrower. He competed for the United States at the 1920 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in the hammer throw and a silver in the 56-pound weight throw. In 1913 he established the first world record in the hammer throw, which stood as a world record for 25 years and as an American record for 40 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patrick Ryan has received more than 25,011 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Patrick Ryan is the 578th most popular athlete (up from 635th in 2019), the 203rd most popular biography from Ireland (up from 227th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Irish Athlete.

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  • 21

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  • 2.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Patrick Ryan ranks 578 out of 6,025. Before her are Roald Larsen, Rudolf Burkert, Ioannis Persakis, Eugen Schmidt, Norbert Schemansky, and Eduardo Guerrero. After her are Tommy Hampson, Karen Hoff, Anatoly Alyabyev, Valeri Popenchenko, Don Thompson, and Émile Grumiaux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Patrick Ryan ranks 168. Before her are Lewis Fry Richardson, Jetze Doorman, Madge Syers, Harry Edwin Wood, Mordecai Kaplan, and Abdulla Shaig. After her are Benjamin Jekhowsky, Francis Ford, Tommy Burns, Walter Krueger, Eugénie Cotton, and Abram Deborin. Among people deceased in 1964, Patrick Ryan ranks 147. Before her are Felisberto Hernández, Erik Malmberg, Theodore Freeman, Agnes Miegel, Nguyễn Văn Trỗi, and Edith Sitwell. After her are Albina Osipowich, Axel Norling, Werner Bergengruen, Luis Batlle Berres, Steponas Kairys, and Paul A. Baran.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Patrick Ryan ranks 203 out of 549. Before her are Seán T. O'Kelly (1882), Stephen Roche (1959), Nora Barnacle (1884), Margaret Lindsay Huggins (1848), Alicia Boole Stott (1860), and Richard Todd (1919). After her are Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852), Sara Allgood (1879), Micheál Martin (1960), Alison Doody (1966), Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (1833), and Hugh O'Flaherty (1898).

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Among ATHLETES In Ireland

Among athletes born in Ireland, Patrick Ryan ranks 3. Before her are John Flanagan (1873), and Pat McDonald (1878). After her are Patrick Leahy (1877), Tim Ahearne (1885), Martin Sheridan (1881), William Carr (1876), Matt McGrath (1875), Tom Kiely (1869), Edward Barrett (1877), Pat O'Callaghan (1906), and James Mitchel (1864).

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