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Brad Cooper

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Bradford Paul Cooper (born 19 July 1954) is an Australian former freestyle and backstroke swimmer of the 1970s, who won a gold medal in the 400 m freestyle at the 1972 Summer Olympics. In that race he originally finished second by the smallest margin ever to decide an Olympic swimming final (one hundredth of a second), but was later awarded the gold medal after the victor, American Rick DeMont, an asthmatic, was disqualified after his post-race urinalysis tested positive for traces of the banned substance ephedrine contained in his prescription asthma medication, Marax. The second of three brothers, Cooper was born in Singapore to Australian parents but moved with his family to Rockhampton, Queensland at the age of five. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brad Cooper has received more than 53,895 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Brad Cooper is the 211th most popular swimmer, the 33rd most popular biography from Singapore and the most popular Singaporean Swimmer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 54k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Brad Cooper ranks 211 out of 709. Before him are Jane Barkman, Allison Schmitt, John Konrads, Tamás Darnyi, Andrea Gyarmati, and Lillian Watson. After him are Matt Vogel, Louis Handley, Jenny Thompson, Shirley Babashoff, Petra Thümer, and Josephine McKim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Brad Cooper ranks 659. Before him are Andrea Gyarmati, Robert W. McElroy, Arturo Rodas, James Gleick, Sammy McIlroy, and Eberhard Rösch. After him are Amy Heckerling, Alexander Melentyev, Willi Wülbeck, Willy Telavi, Sandie Jones, and Aleksandr Tarkhanov.

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In Singapore

Among people born in Singapore, Brad Cooper ranks 33 out of 42. Before him are Stefanie Sun (1978), William Goh (1957), Chin Han (1969), Kaylani Lei (1980), Fandi Ahmad (1962), and Tila Tequila (1981). After him are Shamsul Maidin (1966), Ross Butler (1990), Louis Theroux (1970), Daniel Kowalski (1975), Joseph Schooling (1995), and Astra Sharma (1995).

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Among SWIMMERS In Singapore

Among swimmers born in Singapore, Brad Cooper ranks 1. After him are Daniel Kowalski (1975), Joseph Schooling (1995), Kayla Sanchez (2001), Quah Zheng Wen (1996), Chantal Liew (1998), and Quah Ting Wen (1992).

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