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Tom Richards

1910 - 1985

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Thomas John Henry Richards (15 March 1910 – 19 January 1985) was a Welsh athlete who competed mainly in the Marathon. He competed for Great Britain in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain in the Marathon where he won the Olympic Silver medal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Richards has received more than 6,654 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Tom Richards is the 1,215th most popular athlete (down from 771st in 2019), the 4,645th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,179th in 2019) and the 41st most popular British Athlete.

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  • 17

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  • 5.91

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  • 1.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Tom Richards ranks 1,215 out of 3,059. Before him are Sergio Caprari, Oscar Osthoff, Vladimir Nevzorov, Nadezhda Olizarenko, Horace Ashenfelter, and Hasely Crawford. After him are Jan Werner, Tommaso Lequio di Assaba, Charles Jenkins Sr., Victor Verschueren, Frank Odberg, and Ursula Donath.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Tom Richards ranks 327. Before him are Francis Johnson, Lucky Dube, Peter Hirt, Gavino Matta, Carl Knowles, and Jack Lovelock. After him are Alexandru Cuedan, Mae Clarke, Vittorio Tamagnini, Bill Pickering, Chidambaram Subramaniam, and Tyrus Wong. Among people deceased in 1985, Tom Richards ranks 226. Before him are Olav Sunde, Nelson Riddle, Alvah Bessie, Jacques de Lacretelle, Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, and Fredy Perlman. After him are Dan White, Milton H. Greene, Mary MacLaren, Helmut Niedermayr, Leatrice Joy, and Forbes Burnham.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tom Richards ranks 4,645 out of 7,765. Before him are Jodhi May (1975), Susan Haack (1945), Margaret Oliphant (1828), Susan Hampshire (1937), Tom Payne (1982), and Sandrine Holt (1972). After him are Frank Morley (1860), James Thornhill (1675), Brian Moore (1921), Richard Barbieri (1957), Adam Ant (1954), and Vivien Merchant (1929).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Tom Richards ranks 41. Before him are Harry Blackstaffe (1868), Dorothy Tyler-Odam (1920), Victor d'Arcy (1887), Mary Peters (1939), Cecil Griffiths (1900), and Jayne Torvill (1957). After him are Gordon Pirie (1931), Audrey Williamson (1926), Stan Vickers (1932), Nancy Mackay (1922), Jack Beresford (1899), and Basil Heatley (1933).

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