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Betty Cuthbert

1938 - 2017

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Elizabeth Alyse Cuthbert (20 April 1938 – 6 August 2017), was an Australian athlete and a four-time Olympic champion. She was nicknamed Australia's "Golden Girl". During her career, she set world records for 60 metres, 100 yards, 200 metres, 220 yards and 440 yards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Betty Cuthbert has received more than 344,799 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Betty Cuthbert is the 447th most popular athlete (up from 569th in 2019), the 160th most popular biography from Australia (up from 199th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Australian Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Betty Cuthbert ranks 447 out of 6,025. Before her are Jean Shiley, Vilhjálmur Einarsson, Louis Abell, Lis Hartel, Edward Cook, and Harry Stenqvist. After her are Maria Itkina, Ahmet Ayık, Louis Clarke, Fred Alderman, Lidiya Alfeyeva, and Veikko Kankkonen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Betty Cuthbert ranks 353. Before her are Frederic Rzewski, Anatoliy Zlenko, Jonathan Motzfeldt, Herman Daly, Durdy Bayramov, and Elke Erb. After her are Prince Buster, Ahmet Ayık, François Heutte, John du Pont, Shivkumar Sharma, and Paul Morrissey. Among people deceased in 2017, Betty Cuthbert ranks 308. Before her are Abdelmajid Dolmy, Jean Vuarnet, Shyla Stylez, Daniil Granin, Alec McCowen, and Vinod Khanna. After her are John Abercrombie, Viktor Tsaryov, Cuthbert Sebastian, Robert Alt, Robert Taylor, and Darlanne Fluegel.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Betty Cuthbert ranks 160 out of 1,143. Before her are James Harrison (1936), Neale Fraser (1933), Ben Mendelsohn (1969), Fred Stolle (1938), Anthony LaPaglia (1959), and Ashley Cooper (1936). After her are David Chalmers (1966), Norman Brookes (1877), Peter Cosgrove (1947), John Bromwich (1918), Daniel Ricciardo (1989), and Tommy Emmanuel (1955).

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Among ATHLETES In Australia

Among athletes born in Australia, Betty Cuthbert ranks 7. Before her are Mara (null), Ron Clarke (1937), Peter Norman (1942), William Jones (null), Camila (null), and John Winter (1924). After her are Stan Rowley (1876), Norma Croker (1934), Shirley Strickland (1925), George Parker (1896), Fleur Mellor (1936), and Judy Amoore (1940).

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