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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 10,062 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Roger Beaufrand is the 1,267th most popular athlete (down from 584th in 2019), the 4,683rd most popular biography from France (down from 3,901st in 2019) and the 76th most popular French Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Roger Beaufrand ranks 1,267 out of 3,059Before him are Nikolay Smaga, Boris Nikolov, Cathy Freeman, Charley Borah, Kalevi Hämäläinen, and Frank Greer. After him are Bruno Visintin, Tatyana Talysheva, Gottfried Diener, Ronnie Ray Smith, Audrey Williamson, and Romas Ubartas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Roger Beaufrand ranks 345Before him are Pierre Korb, Olivia Manning, Billy Gonsalves, Dragutin Najdanović, Noël Liétaer, and Helen Twelvetrees. After him are Rudolf Gramlich, Branislav Hrnjiček, Marceline Day, Víctor Peralta, Carl Shy, and Raymond Scott. Among people deceased in 2007, Roger Beaufrand ranks 323Before him are Carmelo Camet, Jurga Ivanauskaitė, Brad Delp, Hans Sturm, Dusty Anderson, and Teresa Brewer. After him are Mehmed Uzun, F. Albert Cotton, David Halberstam, Sidney Coleman, Kevin DuBrow, and Tamás Gábor.

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In France

Among people born in France, Roger Beaufrand ranks 4,683 out of 6,011Before him are Ernest Schultz (1931), Philippe Douste-Blazy (1953), Mr. Oizo (1974), Younès Belhanda (1990), Giorgio Capitani (1927), and Jean-Michel Blanquer (1964). After him are Mike Sparken (1930), Louise Bourgoin (1981), André Ayew (1989), Brian Joubert (1984), Christian Noël (1945), and Léon Moreaux (1852).

Among ATHLETES In France

Among athletes born in France, Roger Beaufrand ranks 76Before him are Achille Souchard (1900), Achille Paroche (1868), Maurice Larrouy (1872), Noël Vandernotte (1923), Henri Eberhardt (1913), and Eugène Mougin (1852). After him are Léon Moreaux (1852), Henri Hazebrouck (1877), Roger Gautier (1922), Henri Dulieux (1897), Gaston Mercier (1932), and René Bougnol (1911).