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Aileen Riggin

1906 - 2002

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Aileen Muriel Riggin (May 2, 1906 – October 17, 2002), also known by her married name Aileen Soule (also Aileen Riggin Soule), was an American competition swimmer and diver. She was Olympic champion in springboard diving in 1920 and U.S. national springboard diving champion from 1923 to 1925. After retiring from competitions, she enjoyed a long and varied career in acting, coaching, writing and journalism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aileen Riggin has received more than 41,099 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Aileen Riggin is the 56th most popular swimmer (down from 34th in 2019), the 8,346th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,915th in 2019) and the 17th most popular American Swimmer.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.66

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  • 2.52

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Aileen Riggin ranks 56 out of 392Before her are Hideko Maehata, Emil Rausch, Barbara Krause, Martha Norelius, Irene Guest, and Bill Smith. After her are Georg Zacharias, Nida Senff, Oscar Grégoire, Pontus Hanson, George Kojac, and Ragnhild Hveger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Aileen Riggin ranks 319Before her are Snorri Hjartarson, Raúl Anganuzzi, Jean Amrouche, Jorge Góngora, Bruce Bennett, and Willibald Kreß. After her are Stefan Andres, Alberto Zorrilla, Jean Delarge, Ilie Subășeanu, Hans Haas, and Bernhard Britz. Among people deceased in 2002, Aileen Riggin ranks 262Before her are Anatoli Bashashkin, Ruth Svedberg, Signe Hasso, Jack Kruschen, John Buscema, and Kristen Nygaard. After her are Jonathan Harris, José Hierro, Yuji Hyakutake, Johannes Joachim Degenhardt, Günther Ortmann, and Spike Milligan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Aileen Riggin ranks 8,346 out of 18,182Before her are Doug Aldrich (1964), Ellen Albertini Dow (1913), Sumner Redstone (1923), Kim Fowley (1939), Bill Smith (1924), and Stephen Colbert (1964). After her are Sheila Jordan (1928), Common (1972), Jake Roberts (1955), David Paymer (1954), Michael Rapaport (1970), and Mary Katharine Brandegee (1844).

Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Aileen Riggin ranks 17Before her are Albina Osipowich (1911), Helen Johns (1914), Jimmy McLane (1930), Matt Biondi (1965), Irene Guest (1900), and Bill Smith (1924). After her are George Kojac (1910), Chris von Saltza (1944), Ford Konno (1933), Charlie Hickcox (1947), Margaret Woodbridge (1902), and Ethel Lackie (1907).