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Ronnie Ray Smith

1949 - 2013

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Ronald Ray Smith (March 28, 1949 – March 31, 2013) was an American athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1968 Summer Olympics. He attended San Jose State College during the "Speed City" era, coached by Lloyd (Bud) Winter and graduating in sociology. At the 1968 AAU Championships, Ronnie Ray Smith equaled the 100 m world record in the semifinal, repeating the same time of 9.9 which was run by Jim Hines in the same race and Charles Greene in the other semifinal of the same competition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ronnie Ray Smith has received more than 49,155 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Ronnie Ray Smith is the 1,271st most popular athlete (down from 1,069th in 2019), the 9,676th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,715th in 2019) and the 232nd most popular American Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.66

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  • 2.14

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ronnie Ray Smith ranks 1,271 out of 3,059. Before him are Kalevi Hämäläinen, Frank Greer, Roger Beaufrand, Bruno Visintin, Tatyana Talysheva, and Gottfried Diener. After him are Audrey Williamson, Romas Ubartas, Tatyana Lebedeva, Tom Price, Rinnat Safin, and Takao Sakurai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Ronnie Ray Smith ranks 555. Before him are Bruno Forte, Paul Shaffer, Nick Lowe, Ulla Schmidt, Masaaki Shirakawa, and Homi K. Bhabha. After him are Peter Friedman, Harry Turtledove, Anne-Marie Lizin, John Haglelgam, Efua Dorkenoo, and José Rodrigues Neto. Among people deceased in 2013, Ronnie Ray Smith ranks 400. Before him are Milo O'Shea, Aaron Swartz, Henry Taylor, Chokri Belaid, Ernest Schultz, and Don Meineke. After him are Stanislav Stepashkin, Vern Mikkelsen, Bryan Forbes, Mohamed Brahmi, Viktor Zinger, and Taisia Chenchik.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ronnie Ray Smith ranks 9,676 out of 18,182. Before him are David Leitch (1975), Jeremy Lin (1988), Natasha Lyonne (1979), Dorothy Abbott (1920), Mindy Sterling (1953), and Paul Feig (1962). After him are Marguerite De La Motte (1902), Daniel Goldin (1940), Erwin Hahn (1921), John Delaney (1963), Lawrence Bender (1957), and Jenna Presley (1987).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Ronnie Ray Smith ranks 232. Before him are Clarence Pinkston (1900), Cy Young (1928), Robert Stangland (1881), David Curtiss Munson (1884), Charley Borah (1906), and Frank Greer (1879). After him are Tom Price (1933), Kevin Young (1966), George Finnegan (1881), Dorothy Poynton-Hill (1915), Catherine Hardy Lavender (1930), and Pete George (1929).

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