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Cathy Ferguson

1948 - Today

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Cathy Jean Ferguson (born July 22, 1948), known for a time by her married name Cathy Ferguson Brennan is an American former competition swimmer, who competed for the Los Angeles Athletic Club, was a two-time Olympic gold medalist, and a former world record-holder. She participated 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. After completing a Doctorate from the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cathy Ferguson has received more than 56,502 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Cathy Ferguson is the 66th most popular swimmer (up from 139th in 2019), the 7,826th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,086th in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Swimmer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 57k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Cathy Ferguson ranks 66 out of 709. Before her are Erich Rademacher, Barbara Krause, Ford Konno, Emil Rausch, Martha Norelius, and Lynn Burke. After her are Ragnhild Hveger, Bill Smith, Pontus Hanson, Chris von Saltza, Norman Ross, and Helene Madison.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Cathy Ferguson ranks 511. Before her are Mohammad Mirmohammadi, Yi Munyeol, Rudy Tomjanovich, Arnie Robinson, Jonathan Sacks, and Nick Mancuso. After her are John Dew, Ștefan Birtalan, Lindsay Crouse, Zhou Xiaochuan, Carme Riera, and Marius Müller-Westernhagen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cathy Ferguson ranks 7,826 out of 20,380. Before her are Raymond E. Brown (1928), Daniel Henney (1979), Walter Reed (1851), George Thorogood (1950), Richie Ramone (1957), and Jeff Sessions (1946). After her are Brian Setzer (1959), Nino (null), Cindy Williams (1947), Peter Jurasik (1950), Thomas Calabro (1959), and Elisabeth Moss (1982).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Cathy Ferguson ranks 24. Before her are Ethel Lackie (1907), Edgar Adams (1868), Carolyn Schuler (1943), Katie Ledecky (1997), Ford Konno (1933), and Lynn Burke (1943). After her are Bill Smith (1924), Chris von Saltza (1944), Norman Ross (1895), Helene Madison (1913), Margaret Woodbridge (1902), and Matt Biondi (1965).

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