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Brent Hayden

1983 - Today

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Brent Matthew Hayden (born October 21, 1983) is a Canadian retired competitive swimmer. Representing Canada for a decade, Hayden is regarded as the fastest swimmer in Canadian history. Hayden won a bronze medal in the 100 m freestyle at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with a time of 47.80, and was world champion in the same event in 2007 with Filippo Magnini of Italy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brent Hayden has received more than 115,423 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Brent Hayden is the 434th most popular swimmer (down from 430th in 2019), the 1,270th most popular biography from Canada (up from 1,291st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Canadian Swimmer.

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  • 120k

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  • 37.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Brent Hayden ranks 434 out of 709Before him are Hinkelien Schreuder, Vladimir Morozov, Jenna Johnson, Arkady Vyatchanin, Rikako Ikee, and Nancy Hogshead-Makar. After him are Evgeny Rylov, Alessia Filippi, Raquel Corral, Marco Koch, Kieren Perkins, and Hanna-Maria Seppälä.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Brent Hayden ranks 1,038Before him are Kalle Kriit, Daniel Sjölund, Brie Bella, Brooke Fraser, Matteo Paro, and Daniel Fernandes. After him are Ashleigh Ball, Hannibal Buress, Johnny Acosta, Rodica Șerban, Dimitri Champion, and David Ayrapetyan.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Brent Hayden ranks 1,270 out of 1,622Before him are Brian Drummond (1969), Trevor Linden (1970), Zane Holtz (1987), Kimberley Joseph (1973), Steven Vitória (1987), and Daniel Fernandes (1983). After him are Ashleigh Ball (1983), Laura Bertram (1978), Jonathan Osorio (1992), Rebecca Henderson (1980), Valérie Maltais (1990), and John Tavares (1990).

Among SWIMMERS In Canada

Among swimmers born in Canada, Brent Hayden ranks 7Before him are George Hodgson (1893), George Vernot (1901), Sylvie Fréchette (1967), Carolyn Waldo (1964), Anne Ottenbrite (1966), and Alexandre Despatie (1985). After him are Mark Tewksbury (1968), Katerine Savard (1993), Kylie Masse (1996), Ryan Cochrane (1988), Summer McIntosh (2006), and Penny Oleksiak (2000).