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Tim Ahearne

1885 - 1968

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Timothy Joseph Ahearne (17 August 1885 – 12 December 1968) was an Irish track and field athlete who competed for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the 1908 Summer Olympics. Son of William Aherne, a farmer, and Margaret Aherne (née Shine), he was born in Dirreen, Athea, Limerick, and was the older brother of Dan Ahearn, the world record holder of the triple jump from 1911–1924.Ahearne won the gold medal in the triple jump at the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London, while representing Great Britain and Ireland (as Ireland was not recognised separately at the time by the International Olympic Committee). He finished eighth in the long jump competition and also participated in the standing long jump event but his result is unknown. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tim Ahearne has received more than 18,368 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Tim Ahearne is the 800th most popular athlete (down from 740th in 2019), the 252nd most popular biography from Ireland (down from 250th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Irish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Tim Ahearne ranks 800 out of 3,059Before him are Mike Larrabee, Anna-Lisa Eriksson, Hans Kalt, Robert Alt, Pat McCormick, and Jean Gachet. After him are James Juvenal, František Čapek, Ludwig Stubbendorf, John McLean, Giancarlo Brusati, and André Bonin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Tim Ahearne ranks 197Before him are Marcello Bertinetti, Károly Dietz, Urani Rumbo, Prudencia Ayala, James Scott, and Miroslav Kraljević. After him are Charles Henry Bartlett, Roque González Garza, Georgina de Albuquerque, Enrico Mizzi, Herbert Stothart, and Frank Hurley. Among people deceased in 1968, Tim Ahearne ranks 193Before him are Rudolph Dirks, Arnulf Øverland, Wendell Corey, Astrid Cleve, Øystein Ore, and Jean Gachet. After him are Charles Henry Bartlett, Carl Bertilsson, Maurice Verdonck, Ichiya Kumagae, Aleksandr Arbuzov, and Robert Burks.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Tim Ahearne ranks 252 out of 501Before him are Stuart Townsend (1972), Sara Allgood (1879), John O'Shea (1981), Owen Moore (1886), William Desmond Taylor (1872), and Liam Cosgrave (1920). After him are Billy Whelan (1935), Diarmait Mac Murchada (1110), Stephen Roche (1959), Patrick O'Connell (1887), Tom Crean (1877), and Geraldine Somerville (1967).

Among ATHLETES In Ireland

Among athletes born in Ireland, Tim Ahearne ranks 6Before him are John Flanagan (1873), Pat McDonald (1878), Matt McGrath (1875), Patrick Ryan (1881), and Martin Sheridan (1881). After him are Patrick Leahy (1877), Tom Kiely (1869), Edward Barrett (1877), Pat O'Callaghan (1906), Con Leahy (1876), and Ron Delany (1935).