CYCLIST

Victor Johnson

1883 - 1951

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Victor Louis Johnson, Vic Johnson, (10 May 1883 – 23 June 1951) was a British track cycling racer who, in 1908, won a gold medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics; became 'World Amateur Sprint Champion' and the 'British National Quarter-mile Champion'. In September 1909, he set three world records at Herne Hill Velodrome, London, for quarter-mile, three-quarter mile, and one mile. His quarter-mile time (28 seconds) stood as the world record for 21 years and the British amateur record for 'at least 39 years'. His lifetime achievements were celebrated in 1948 when Cycling Weekly awarded him his own page in the Golden Book of Cycling, which is now held in 'The Pedal Club' archive. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Victor Johnson has received more than 8,591 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Victor Johnson is the 256th most popular cyclist (down from 241st in 2019), the 4,409th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,335th in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Cyclist.

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  • 17

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  • 8.01

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  • 1.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Victor Johnson ranks 256 out of 1,613. Before him are Mark Cavendish, Guy Lapébie, Marco Cimatti, Max Bulla, Lucien Michard, and Tom Boonen. After him are Victor Fontan, Gustav-Adolf Schur, Rolf Järmann, Erik Zabel, Oleksandr Fedenko, and Jean Graczyk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Victor Johnson ranks 241. Before him are Marcus Hurley, Gyula Juhász, Max Eastman, Ole Lilloe-Olsen, Lili Bech, and Louis Bach. After him are Federigo Tozzi, Lloyd Fredendall, Ernest Hamilton, Joseph Perotaux, Carl Gustav Fleischer, and Georg de Laval. Among people deceased in 1951, Victor Johnson ranks 156. Before him are Adolf Spinnler, Alfredo Baquerizo, Dorothea Bate, Joaquín Chapaprieta, Giovanni Scatturin, and Mayo Methot. After him are Axel Sjöblom, Vsevolod Vishnevsky, Frank Weston Benson, Walter, Jacques Cariou, and Sigmund Romberg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Victor Johnson ranks 4,409 out of 8,785. Before him are Peter Hall (1930), Curtis Jones (2001), Phil Foden (2000), Charles Allston Collins (1828), Sarah Douglas (1952), and George E. P. Box (1919). After him are Æthelwold of Winchester (900), John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth (1751), Chris Thomas (1947), William Yarrell (1784), James Collinson (1825), and Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford (1946).

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Among CYCLISTS In United Kingdom

Among cyclists born in United Kingdom, Victor Johnson ranks 9. Before him are Leonard Meredith (1882), Frederick Keeping (1867), Georges Passerieu (1885), Clarence Kingsbury (1882), Philippa York (1958), and Lloyd Hildebrand (1870). After him are Charles Henry Bartlett (1885), Graeme Obree (1965), Phil Anderson (1958), Gordon Thomas (1921), Harry Ryan (1893), and Geraint Thomas (1986).

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