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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 7,024 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Tom Richards is the 929th most popular athlete (up from 1,214th in 2019), the 4,026th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,635th in 2019) and the 39th most popular British Athlete.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Tom Richards ranks 929 out of 6,025. Before him are Karl Warner, Ivan Fuqua, Béla Zsitnik, Bill Carr, Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics#Field hockey, and Sabin Carr. After him are Marita Lange, Arnie Robinson, John Norton, Ivar Aronsson, Daniel Kinsey, and Gyula Török.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Tom Richards ranks 304. Before him are Jane Bell, Frank Lubin, José dos Santos Lopes, Otto Andersson, Felipe Olivares, and Noel Rosa. After him are Carl A. Wirtanen, John R. Pierce, Christopher Cockerell, Lien Gisolf, Genrikh Kasparyan, and Algisto Lorenzato. Among people deceased in 1985, Tom Richards ranks 213. Before him are George O'Brien, Mikhail Gromov, Alfredo Duhalde, Zoot Sims, Abdus Sattar, and Miguel Otero Silva. After him are Efrem Zimbalist, Harry Hopman, Josip Primožič, Archie Stark, Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, and Toni Branca.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tom Richards ranks 4,026 out of 8,785. Before him are Grantley Goulding (1874), Steve McClaren (1961), Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood (1880), Michael Heseltine (1933), Chris Lawrence (1933), and William Hemsley (1843). After him are Ronnie Lane (1946), Geoff Lees (1951), Arthur St. Clair (1737), Harry Stafford (1869), Jason Orange (1970), and Alistair Overeem (1980).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Tom Richards ranks 39. Before him are Cecil Griffiths (1900), Phyllis Johnson (1886), Tommy Green (1894), Charles Bennett (1870), Guy Butler (1899), and Zara Tindall (1981). After him are Jack Beresford (1899), George Larner (1875), David Jacobs (1888), John Ainsworth-Davis (1895), William Henry Dean (1887), and John Rimmer (1878).

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