1938 - 2019
Sir Peter George Snell (17 December 1938 – 12 December 2019) was a New Zealand middle-distance runner. He won three Olympic gold medals, and is the only man since 1920 to have won the 800 and 1500 metres at the same Olympics, in 1964. Snell had a relatively short career as a world-famous international sportsman, 1960–1965, yet achieved so much that he was voted New Zealand's "Sports Champion of the (20th) Century" and was one of 24 inaugural members of the International Association of Athletics Federations Hall of Fame named in 2012. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Snell has received more than 338,244 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Snell is the 269th most popular athlete (down from 134th in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 25th in 2019) and the most popular New Zealander Athlete.
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Among athletes, Peter Snell ranks 269 out of 3,059. Before him are Olga Gyarmati, Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Bernd Kannenberg, Christian d'Oriola, Boughera El Ouafi, and Earle Meadows. After him are Henrik Sjöberg, Håkon Brusveen, Kinue Hitomi, Magnar Solberg, George S. Robertson, and Richard Sheldon.
1924 - 2013
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 263
1934 - 2014
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 264
1942 - 2021
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 265
1928 - 2007
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 266
1898 - 1959
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 267
1913 - 1992
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 268
1938 - 2019
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 269
1875 - 1905
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 270
1927 - 2021
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 271
1907 - 1931
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 272
1937 - Present
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 273
1872 - 1967
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 274
1878 - 1935
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 275
Among people born in 1938, Peter Snell ranks 301. Before him are Barry Jackson, Bahram Beyzai, Herman Daly, Cayetano Ré, Mahmoud El-Gohary, and Jaki Liebezeit. After him are Barry Dennen, Timo Mäkinen, Durdy Bayramov, Gimax, András Balczó, and Millie Perkins. Among people deceased in 2019, Peter Snell ranks 246. Before him are Dr. John, Gloria Vanderbilt, Robert Evans, Guillaume Faye, Diogo Freitas do Amaral, and Charles Kittel. After him are Piero Tosi, Arif Malikov, Elina Bystritskaya, Johnny Clegg, Sergei Yursky, and Bayram Şit.
1938 - 2013
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 295
1938 - Present
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 296
1938 - 2022
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 297
1938 - 2013
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 298
1938 - 2012
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 299
1938 - 2017
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 300
1938 - 2019
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 301
1938 - 2017
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 302
1938 - 2017
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 303
1938 - 2014
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 304
1938 - 2021
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 305
1938 - Present
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 306
1938 - Present
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 307
1941 - 2019
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 240
1924 - 2019
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 241
1930 - 2019
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 242
1949 - 2019
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 243
1941 - 2019
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 244
1916 - 2019
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 245
1938 - 2019
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 246
1927 - 2019
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 247
1933 - 2019
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 248
1928 - 2019
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 249
1953 - 2019
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 250
1935 - 2019
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 251
1930 - 2019
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 252
Among people born in New Zealand, Peter Snell ranks 42 out of 248. Before him are William Phillips (1914), Helen Clark (1950), Gary Thain (1948), Wynton Rufer (1962), Patsy Reddy (1954), and Thomas Williams (1930). After him are Clive Revill (1930), Catherine Tizard (1931), Howden Ganley (1941), Raymond Firth (1901), Jean Batten (1909), and Keith Urban (1967).
1914 - 1975
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 36
1950 - Present
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 37
1948 - 1975
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 38
1962 - Present
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 39
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 40
1930 - 2023
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 41
1938 - 2019
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 42
1930 - Present
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 43
1931 - 2021
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 44
1941 - Present
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 45
1901 - 2002
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 46
1909 - 1982
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 47
1967 - Present
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 48
Among athletes born in New Zealand, Peter Snell ranks 1. After him are Yvette Williams (1929), Neroli Fairhall (1944), Jack Lovelock (1910), Murray Halberg (1933), John Walker (1952), Laurel Hubbard (1978), Dudley Storey (1939), Mark Todd (1956), Valerie Adams (1984), Joe Earl (1952), and Simon Dickie (1951).
1938 - 2019
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 1
1929 - 2019
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 2
1944 - 2006
HPI: 42.97
Rank: 3
1910 - 1949
HPI: 42.22
Rank: 4
1933 - 2022
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 5
1952 - Present
HPI: 38.79
Rank: 6
1978 - Present
HPI: 37.52
Rank: 7
1939 - 2017
HPI: 36.31
Rank: 8
1956 - Present
HPI: 35.03
Rank: 9
1984 - Present
HPI: 34.87
Rank: 10
1952 - Present
HPI: 34.10
Rank: 11
1951 - 2017
HPI: 32.27
Rank: 12