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Born August 29, 1905 • Prayagraj • India
Died December 3, 1979 (aged 74) • India
Awards And Honors Olympic Games
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Paavo Yrjölä: The Farmhand
Finnish athlete
Champion Olympic rower Jack Beresford
Jack Beresford
British athlete
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Charles Ferdinand Pahud de Mortanges
Dutch athlete
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Volmari Iso-Hollo
Finnish athlete
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Eleanor Holm
American swimmer and entertainer
Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens
American athlete
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
American athlete
Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Nurmi
Finnish runner
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Arne Borg
Swedish swimmer
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Stanisława Walasiewicz
American athlete
Weissmuller, Johnny
Johnny Weissmuller
American swimmer and actor
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Ralph Metcalfe
American athlete
Pete Desjardins (left) and Johnny Weissmuller returning to the United States after the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam
Pete Desjardins
American diver
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Helene Madison
American athlete
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Helen Stephens
American athlete
Champion diver Georgia Coleman (center) at the 1932 Olympic Games
Georgia Coleman
American diver
Olympic gold medalist Buster Crabbe
Buster Crabbe
American athlete and actor
Edoardo Mangiarotti.
Edoardo Mangiarotti
Italian fencer
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Hendrika Mastenbroek
Dutch athlete
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Eddie Tolan
American athlete

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