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Sid Atkinson

1901 - 1977

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Sidney James Montford Atkinson (14 March 1901 – 31 August 1977) was a South African athlete, winner of 110 m hurdles at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Atkinson came onto the international athletics scene in 1922, when he ran the 110 m hurdles in 15.2 and the 400 m hurdles in 56.5. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sid Atkinson has received more than 15,229 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Sid Atkinson is the 448th most popular athlete (up from 590th in 2019), the 96th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 116th in 2019) and the 4th most popular South African Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Sid Atkinson ranks 448 out of 3,059Before her are Albert Tyler, Nelson Prudêncio, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Giuseppe Gentile, František Janda-Suk, and Gaston Aumoitte. After her are Ivo Trumbić, Nino Bibbia, John Mikaelsson, Lewis Sheldon, Miltiadis Gouskos, and Arthur Jonath.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Sid Atkinson ranks 224Before her are Franco Rasetti, Hermann Josef Abs, Charles Stark Draper, Ramón J. Sender, Igor Ilyinsky, and Syama Prasad Mukherjee. After her are Ernesto Chaparro, Otto Kaiser, Rudolf Wetzer, Thawan Thamrongnawasawat, Alexandre Alexeieff, and Óscar Diego Gestido. Among people deceased in 1977, Sid Atkinson ranks 171Before her are Matthew Garber, Franco Rol, Ulises Poirier, Carlos Prío Socarrás, Philipp Etter, and William Castle. After her are Otto Kaiser, Franco Albini, Luciano Re Cecconi, Gary Gilmore, Toma Caragiu, and Tay Garnett.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Sid Atkinson ranks 96 out of 374Before her are Lesley-Ann Brandt (1981), Ian Scheckter (1947), Ingrid Jonker (1933), Trevor Rabin (1954), Sharlto Copley (1973), and Helen Suzman (1917). After her are John McDowell (1942), Goodwill Zwelithini (1948), Rudolph Lewis (1887), Louis Raymond (1895), Jim Fouché (1898), and Mark Shuttleworth (1973).

Among ATHLETES In South Africa

Among athletes born in South Africa, Sid Atkinson ranks 4Before her are Oscar Pistorius (1986), Esther Brand (1922), and Reggie Walker (1889). After her are Bevil Rudd (1894), Marjorie Clark (1909), Caster Semenya (1991), Christian Gitsham (1888), Lawrence Stevens (1913), Clarence Walker (1898), Lillian Board (1948), and Zola Budd (1966).