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Cathy Ferguson

1948 - Today

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Cathy Jean Ferguson (born July 22, 1948) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. She competed at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, where she received the gold medal for winning the women's 100-meter backstroke, and another gold as a member of the first-place U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter medley relay.Cathy Ferguson was one of six world record holders in the 100m backstroke final at the 1964 Olympics. She proved to be the best of this distinguished field by taking the gold medal with a new record of 1:07.7. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cathy Ferguson has received more than 49,924 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Cathy Ferguson is the 139th most popular swimmer (down from 94th in 2019), the 13,118th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,280th in 2019) and the 45th most popular American Swimmer.

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  • 15

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  • 2.49

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Cathy Ferguson ranks 139 out of 392Before her are Therese Alshammar, Tamás Darnyi, Caren Metschuck, Gemma Mengual, Franziska van Almsick, and Alexander Dale Oen. After her are Melissa Belote, John Hencken, Paul Biedermann, Alain Bernard, Pernille Blume, and Shirley Babashoff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Cathy Ferguson ranks 667Before her are Raymond Keene, Mariann Aalda, Takashi Kuwahara, Dan Issel, Teresa Graves, and Colin Todd. After her are Anthony Moore, Carol Bartz, Nell Carter, Robert J. Cenker, Paul LePage, and Sandy Jardine.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cathy Ferguson ranks 13,118 out of 18,182Before her are Mike Crapo (1951), Ashley Graham (1987), DeMarcus Cousins (1990), Johnny Boyd (1926), Felicia Day (1979), and Brett Gurewitz (1962). After her are Marion Martin (1909), Joy Bryant (1974), Sherri Saum (1974), Rob Corddry (1971), Dick Van Arsdale (1943), and Frank Iero (1981).

Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Cathy Ferguson ranks 45Before her are Bill Mulliken (1939), Eleanor Holm (1913), Matt Vogel (1957), Allison Schmitt (1990), Sybil Bauer (1903), and Mike Troy (1940). After her are Melissa Belote (1956), John Hencken (1954), Shirley Babashoff (1957), Sandy Neilson (1956), Milorad Čavić (1984), and Jenny Thompson (1973).