CYCLIST

Ronald Stretton

1930 - 2012

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Ronald Charles "Ron" Stretton (13 February 1930 – 12 November 2012) was a track cyclist from Great Britain, who represented his native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. There he won the bronze medal in the men's 4,000 metres team pursuit, alongside Donald Burgess, George Newberry, and Alan Newton. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ronald Stretton has received more than 8,168 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ronald Stretton is the 384th most popular cyclist (down from 310th in 2019), the 5,496th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,848th in 2019) and the 18th most popular British Cyclist.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Ronald Stretton ranks 384 out of 1,613. Before him are Yaroslav Popovych, Edwig Van Hooydonck, Charly Mottet, Marco Giovannetti, Dimitri Konyshev, and Sven Nys. After him are Reno Olsen, Rolf Sørensen, Andreas Klöden, Nairo Quintana, Bruno Risi, and André Greipel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Ronald Stretton ranks 585. Before him are Don Meineke, Jim Nabors, Jiří Skobla, Jerry Vale, Miguel Seijas, and Yuriy Tyukalov. After him are Mike Gravel, Luki Botha, Elaine Stewart, John Landy, Troy Ruttman, and Barry Unsworth. Among people deceased in 2012, Ronald Stretton ranks 452. Before him are Phyllis Thaxter, Josef Kloimstein, Alan G. Poindexter, Phillip V. Tobias, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, and Milt Campbell. After him are Barry Unsworth, Joe Paterno, Les Leston, Andrew Sarris, Tommy Godwin, and Helen Gurley Brown.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ronald Stretton ranks 5,496 out of 8,785. Before him are Compton Mackenzie (1883), David Thompson (1770), Dick Gibson (1918), John Crome (1768), John Skelton (1460), and Kevin Warwick (1954). After him are David Hobbs (1939), William Moseley (1987), Martin Whitmarsh (1958), Ian Mosley (1953), Fanny Kemble (1809), and John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute (1958).

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Among CYCLISTS In United Kingdom

Among cyclists born in United Kingdom, Ronald Stretton ranks 18. Before him are Phil Anderson (1958), Gordon Thomas (1921), Harry Ryan (1893), Geraint Thomas (1986), Donald Burgess (1933), and Alan Geldard (1927). After him are Bryan Steel (1969), George Newberry (1917), Max Sciandri (1967), Chris Boardman (1968), Jamie Staff (1973), and Adam Yates (1992).

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