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Paul Martin

1901 - 1987

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Paul-René Martin (11 August 1901 – 28 April 1987) was a Swiss middle-distance runner. He was the first Swiss sportsperson to compete at five Olympics, which he did from 1920 to 1936. At every Olympics he competed in the 800 m; he won a silver medal in 1924, behind Douglas Lowe, and failed to reach the final in other years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Martin has received more than 1,865,905 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Martin is the 518th most popular athlete, the 469th most popular biography from Switzerland and the 4th most popular Swiss Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Paul Martin ranks 518 out of 3,059. Before him are Alexandre Tuffère, Aleksandra Chudina, Antal Kiss, John Rimmer, George Underwood, and Rex Cawley. After him are Axel Norling, Chūhei Nambu, Perikles Kakousis, Maricica Puică, Charles Bennett, and Vilho Tuulos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Paul Martin ranks 236. Before him are Óscar Diego Gestido, Florence Green, Karandash, Samuel Zauber, Sam Spiegel, and Mickey Marcus. After him are Louis Clarke, Malcolm MacDonald, Mildred Davis, Frankie Genaro, Arthur Samuel, and Heðin Brú. Among people deceased in 1987, Paul Martin ranks 180. Before him are Alexandru Borbely, František Šafránek, J. Lawton Collins, Ethel Catherwood, Elizabeth Hartman, and Óscar Bonfiglio. After him are Uwe Barschel, Hans Gál, Metaksia Simonyan, Heðin Brú, Galo Plaza, and Abu Sayeed Chowdhury.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Paul Martin ranks 469 out of 876. Before him are Martin Suter (1948), Viola Amherd (1962), Othmar Ammann (1879), Georges Beuchat (1910), Thomas Erastus (1524), and Jakob Stämpfli (1820). After him are Elizabeth Thompson (1846), Casimir de Candolle (1836), Patrick Moraz (1948), Robert Julius Trumpler (1886), Théodore Flournoy (1854), and Madeleine Berthod (1931).

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Among ATHLETES In Switzerland

Among athletes born in Switzerland, Paul Martin ranks 4. Before him are Gabriela Andersen-Schiess (1945), Joseph Benz (1944), and Konrad Stäheli (1931). After him are Hermann Barrelet (1879), Werner Günthör (1961), Robert Alt (1927), Oswald Zappelli (1913), Karl Röderer (1868), Emil Kellenberger (1864), Otto Licha (1912), and Gaston Strobino (1891).

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