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Cathy Freeman

1973 - Today

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Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman (born 16 February 1973) is an Aboriginal Australian former sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. Her personal best of 48.63 seconds currently ranks her as the eighth-fastest woman of all time, set while finishing second to Marie-José Pérec's number-four time at the 1996 Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cathy Freeman has received more than 2,057,043 page views. Her biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Cathy Freeman is the 1,263rd most popular athlete (down from 871st in 2019), the 276th most popular biography from Australia (up from 293rd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Australian Athlete.

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  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Cathy Freeman ranks 1,263 out of 3,059. Before her are Halil Mutlu, Joseph Vissers, Niels Holst-Sørensen, David Curtiss Munson, Nikolay Smaga, and Boris Nikolov. After her are Charley Borah, Kalevi Hämäläinen, Frank Greer, Roger Beaufrand, Bruno Visintin, and Tatyana Talysheva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Cathy Freeman ranks 283. Before her are Vratislav Lokvenc, Josh Homme, Howie Dorough, Kim Eun-sook, Yoon Sang-hyun, and Halil Mutlu. After her are Pauline Chan Bo-Lin, Anders Fridén, Jason Acuña, Sergey Bezrukov, Jason Behr, and Rie Miyazawa.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Cathy Freeman ranks 276 out of 925. Before her are Patricia Wrightson (1921), Russell Mockridge (1928), John Monash (1865), Claire Holt (1988), Gillian Armstrong (1950), and Brenton Thwaites (1989). After her are John McEwen (1900), Dustin Clare (1982), Danny Clark (1951), Andrew Lesnie (1956), Zeljko Kalac (1972), and Barry Otto (1941).

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Among ATHLETES In Australia

Among athletes born in Australia, Cathy Freeman ranks 12. Before her are Betty Cuthbert (1938), John Winter (1924), George Parker (1896), Shirley Strickland (1925), Stan Rowley (1876), and Norma Croker (1934). After her are Joyce King (1920), Herb Elliott (1938), Dave Power (1928), Andrew Hoy (1959), Al Lawrence (1930), and Rick Mitchell (1955).

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