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Roger Beaufrand

1908 - 2007

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Roger Beaufrand (25 September 1908 – 14 March 2007) was the world's oldest Olympic gold medal winner, following the death of Pakistani Field Hockey player Feroze Khan in 2005 until his own death. Born near Paris, France, Beaufrand won a gold medal on 7 August at the 1928 Summer Olympics in the field of Olympic sprint at the age of 19. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roger Beaufrand has received more than 11,479 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Roger Beaufrand is the 795th most popular athlete (up from 1,266th in 2019), the 4,588th most popular biography from France (up from 4,664th in 2019) and the 37th most popular French Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Roger Beaufrand ranks 795 out of 6,025. Before him are Kōkichi Tsuburaya, Markus Rühl, Lewis Sheldon, Eero Lehtonen, Eva Janko, and Achille Paroche. After him are Kusuma Wardhani, Yevhen Arzhanov, Tommy Green, Aldo Aureggi, Kevin Young, and Raymond Salles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Roger Beaufrand ranks 305. Before him are Anna Sipos, György Bródy, Nicolás Lindley López, Isaak Kikoin, Henri Lepage, and Hermógenes Fonseca. After him are Ion Lăpușneanu, Jiro Sato, Osvaldo Velloso de Barros, Louis L'Amour, Natalya Baranskaya, and Inga Gentzel. Among people deceased in 2007, Roger Beaufrand ranks 288. Before him are Kurt Schmied, Robert Goulet, Miklós Páncsics, Enzo Biagi, Beverly Sills, and Jimmy Makulis. After him are Dennis Johnson, Princess Marie Adelaide of Luxembourg, Igor Novikov, René Rémond, Roscoe Lee Browne, and Pedro Cubilla.

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In France

Among people born in France, Roger Beaufrand ranks 4,588 out of 6,770. Before him are Georges Verriest (1909), Julieta Lanteri (1873), Gaston Peltier (1876), Benjamin Mendy (1994), Anne Lacaton (1955), and Achille Paroche (1868). After him are Steven Nzonzi (1988), Rachid Bouchareb (1953), Raymond Salles (1920), Jacques Miller (1931), Bernard Bosquier (1942), and Ferland Mendy (1995).

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Among ATHLETES In France

Among athletes born in France, Roger Beaufrand ranks 37. Before him are Joseph Alzin (1893), Robert Liottel (1885), Roger Gautier (1922), Maurice Larrouy (1872), Henri Lepage (1908), and Achille Paroche (1868). After him are Raymond Salles (1920), Robert Boutigny (1927), Jean Collas (1874), Jacques Lataste (1922), André Gaudin (1874), and Henri Bouckaert (1870).

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