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Catherine Hardy Lavender

1930 - 2017

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Catherine Hardy Lavender (née Catherine Hardy) (February 8, 1930 – September 8, 2017) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 100-meter dash. She won an Olympic gold medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1952 Olympic Summer Games in Helsinki, Finland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Catherine Hardy Lavender has received more than 29,807 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Catherine Hardy Lavender is the 837th most popular athlete (up from 1,283rd in 2019), the 7,582nd most popular biography from United States (up from 9,686th in 2019) and the 178th most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 30k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Catherine Hardy Lavender ranks 837 out of 6,025. Before her are Robert Boutigny, Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo, Roman Šebrle, Bill Miller, Jane Bell, and Oscar Dessomville. After her are Tullio Baraglia, Jean Collas, Mark Rakita, Dumitru Pârvulescu, Larry James, and George Parker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Catherine Hardy Lavender ranks 441. Before her are Vladimir Kesarev, Richard Davalos, Carmelo Cedrún, Michael J. Adams, Ramón Alberto Villaverde, and Renato Ruggiero. After her are Kjell Espmark, Vytautas Žalakevičius, Rolf Harris, Abdalqadir as-Sufi, Jacqueline du Bief, and Patricia Jones. Among people deceased in 2017, Catherine Hardy Lavender ranks 389. Before her are Heinz Schneiter, Eberhard Jäckel, Peter Härtling, Sam Panopoulos, Hiromi Tsuru, and Lil Peep. After her are Tullio Baraglia, Vladimir Makanin, Habib Thiam, Marina Popovich, Károly Makk, and Robert Hirsch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Catherine Hardy Lavender ranks 7,582 out of 20,380. Before her are Barbara Feldon (1933), Chris Elliott (1960), Anthony Kennedy (1936), George J. Mitchell (1933), Arliss Howard (1954), and Marsden Hartley (1877). After her are Christie Brinkley (1954), Elliot Goldenthal (1954), Milton Babbitt (1916), Katherine Neville (1945), Corey Feldman (1971), and Thomas Ligotti (1953).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Catherine Hardy Lavender ranks 178. Before her are Kevin Young (1966), Mel Patton (1924), Andy Stanfield (1927), Rex Cawley (1940), Cornelius Johnson (1913), and Bill Miller (1912). After her are Larry James (1947), Frank Hussey (1905), Charles Jenkins Sr. (1934), Howard Valentine (1881), John Bray (1875), and Karl Warner (1908).

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