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Stan Vickers

1932 - 2013

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Stanley Frank "Stan" Vickers (18 June 1932 – 17 April 2013) was a Lewisham-born British athlete who mainly competed in the 20 kilometre walk. He competed for Great Britain in the 20 kilometre walk at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy, where he won the bronze medal. After the race, he sat down to rest and was carried off by an ambulance crew that thought he was sick. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stan Vickers has received more than 11,148 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Stan Vickers is the 1,625th most popular athlete (down from 1,364th in 2019), the 4,910th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,834th in 2019) and the 58th most popular British Athlete.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Stan Vickers ranks 1,625 out of 6,025. Before him are Sandra Perković, Butch Reynolds, William Dickey, Mór Kóczán, Herbert Adamski, and Léon Moreaux. After him are Rita Achkina, Frank Waller, Lou Jones, Gianni Bonichon, Brahim Boutayeb, and Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Stan Vickers ranks 484. Before him are Robert Coover, Ramón Tapia, Alexander Goehr, Mikhail Ogonkov, Nikolay Anikin, and Sergio Brighenti. After him are Lou Jones, Susan Oliver, Ivan Šantek, Maurice Kouandété, Angelo Vanzin, and Gaetano Starrabba. Among people deceased in 2013, Stan Vickers ranks 427. Before him are Janet Rowley, Robin Sachs, Michel Knuysen, Mohamed Brahmi, Sayan Sanya, and Yvonne Brill. After him are Sharon Stouder, Peter Geach, Milo O'Shea, Ronnie Ray Smith, Robert Byrne, and Gordon Thomas.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Stan Vickers ranks 4,910 out of 8,785. Before him are Hannah Waddingham (1974), Aston Webb (1849), Sheila Hancock (1933), Tony Trimmer (1943), Craig Ferguson (1962), and James Wilson (1891). After him are John Stanley (1712), Bernard Pyne Grenfell (1869), Thomas C. Jerdon (1811), Jill Dando (1961), Alan Hodgkinson (1936), and Izaak Walton (1593).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Stan Vickers ranks 58. Before him are Peter Kemp (1878), Steve Ovett (1955), Dorothy Manley (1927), Don Finlay (1909), Charles Hefferon (1878), and James Wilson (1891). After him are John Fenning (1885), Sheila Lerwill (1928), Mary Peters (1939), Dorothy Shirley (1939), Queenie Newall (1854), and Gordon Pirie (1931).

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