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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 312,734 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Betty Cuthbert is the 569th most popular athlete (down from 341st in 2019), the 199th most popular biography from Australia (down from 157th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Australian Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Betty Cuthbert ranks 569 out of 3,059Before her are Richmond Landon, Launceston Elliot, Eric Backman, Olga Fikotová, Ragnar Malm, and Ilmar Kullam. After her are Aimé Haegeman, Charles Reidpath, Delfo Cabrera, Alex Wilson, Carl Silfverstrand, and Alfred Swahn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Betty Cuthbert ranks 378Before her are Carlos Monsiváis, Duane Eddy, Bart Berman, Jon Sobrino, Urs Widmer, and Paula Prentiss. After her are Klaus Töpfer, Aleksei Petrenko, Jonathan Riley-Smith, Carlos Lapetra, Heinz Strehl, and James Gunn. Among people deceased in 2017, Betty Cuthbert ranks 352Before her are Patrick Nève, Vladimir Shainsky, Santiago Vernazza, Vladimir Makanin, Sam Panopoulos, and Pancho Segura. After her are Joseph Bologna, Inomjon Usmonxoʻjayev, Aleksei Petrenko, Michael Ogio, Girija Devi, and Jaak Panksepp.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Betty Cuthbert ranks 199 out of 925Before her are Fred Schepisi (1939), Eliza Taylor (1989), David Chalmers (1966), Mike Chapman (1947), Greg Egan (1961), and Ian Thorpe (1982). After her are David Malet Armstrong (1926), Bob Daisley (1950), Ken Kavanagh (1923), Ken McGregor (1929), Costas Mandylor (1965), and Nathan Jones (1970).

Among ATHLETES In Australia

Among athletes born in Australia, Betty Cuthbert ranks 6Before her are Peter Norman (1942), Bobby Pearce (1905), Ron Clarke (1937), Nick Winter (1894), and John Landy (1930). After her are John Winter (1924), George Parker (1896), Shirley Strickland (1925), Stan Rowley (1876), Norma Croker (1934), and Cathy Freeman (1973).