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Born August 29, 1905 • Prayagraj • India
Died December 3, 1979 (aged 74) • India
Awards And Honors Olympic Games
Eddie Tolan
American athlete
Champion Olympic rower Jack Beresford
Jack Beresford
British athlete
Charles Ferdinand Pahud de Mortanges
Dutch athlete
Volmari Iso-Hollo
Finnish athlete
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
Arne Borg
Swedish swimmer
Stanisława Walasiewicz
American athlete
Weissmuller, Johnny
Johnny Weissmuller
American swimmer and actor
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
Helene Madison
American athlete
Olympic gold medalist Buster Crabbe
Buster Crabbe
American athlete and actor
Helen Stephens
American athlete
Champion diver Georgia Coleman (center) at the 1932 Olympic Games
Georgia Coleman
American diver
Edoardo Mangiarotti.
Edoardo Mangiarotti
Italian fencer
Hendrika Mastenbroek
Dutch athlete
David George Brownlow Cecil
British athlete

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