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Catherine Fox

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Catherine Mai-Lan Fox, born December 15, 1977 in Detroit, Michigan, is an American former swimmer who competed for Stanford University, and won two gold medals swimming freestyle at the 1996 Summer Olympics, one in the 4x100 freestyle relay and one in the 4x100 medley relay. She is of Vietnamese and European descent. Her father, Thomas C. Fox (editor and former publisher of the National Catholic Reporter), worked in Vietnam for International Voluntary Services from 1966 to 1968, where he met Catherine's mother, To Kim Hoa, a social worker in Can Tho who married Fox in South Vietnam on January 16, 1971. The family moved to Detroit to work for the Detroit Free Press in 1972 where Catherine was born, before later moving to Washington D.C. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Catherine Fox has received more than 48,868 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Catherine Fox is the 497th most popular swimmer, the 18,910th most popular biography from United States and the 140th most popular American Swimmer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 49k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 25.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Catherine Fox ranks 497 out of 709. Before her are Xu Jiayu, Samantha Riley, Pál Joensen, Klete Keller, Danila Izotov, and Huang Xuechen. After her are Matt Grevers, Kate Ziegler, Mary Wayte, Nelson Diebel, Rie Kaneto, and Missy Franklin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Catherine Fox ranks 1,102. Before her are Andrew Higginson, Kensuke Tsukuda, Daisuke Nakaharai, Aaron Armstrong, David Connolly, and Yohei Kurakawa. After her are Takayasu Kawai, Tatsuomi Koishi, Raja Chari, Hiroki Kobayashi, Ricardo Cavalcante Ribeiro, and Takeshi Ushibana.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Catherine Fox ranks 18,910 out of 20,380. Before her are Larry Nance Jr. (1993), Corey Brewer (1986), NLE Choppa (2002), Keean Johnson (1996), Jeremy Evans (1987), and Josh Richardson (1993). After her are Jarrett Jack (1983), Remy Ma (1980), Wesley Matthews (1986), Jake Weary (1990), Caroline Lind (1982), and Andrew R. Morgan (1976).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Catherine Fox ranks 140. Before her are Jeff Rouse (1970), Ryan Murphy (1995), Cullen Jones (1984), Farida Osman (1995), Brooke Bennett (1980), and Klete Keller (1982). After her are Matt Grevers (1985), Kate Ziegler (1988), Mary Wayte (1965), Nelson Diebel (1970), Missy Franklin (1995), and Melvin Stewart (1968).

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