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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. She became the Olympic champion for the women's 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at which she lit the Olympic Flame.Freeman was the first Indigenous Australian person to become a Commonwealth Games gold medalist at age 16 in 1990. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cathy Freeman has received more than 2,036,706 page views. Her biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Cathy Freeman is the 1,295th most popular athlete (down from 1,262nd in 2019), the 284th most popular biography from Australia (down from 276th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Australian Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Cathy Freemen by language

Over the past year Cathy Freeman has had the most page views in the with 240,979 views, followed by French (33,075), and German (18,225). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are French (133.10%), Ido (94.89%), and Portuguese (68.69%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Cathy Freeman ranks 1,295 out of 6,025. Before her are Lennart Strand, Lyudmila Pinayeva, Carla Bodendorf, Otto Nilsson, Pietro Speciale, and Anvar Ibragimov. After her are Ernst Larsen, Ingemar Johansson, Károly Wieland, John Hansen, Boris Melnikov, and Velimir Valenta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Cathy Freeman ranks 247. Before her are Isabel dos Santos, Najla El Mangoush, Fabián O'Neill, Jack Davenport, Airat Ichmouratov, and T. R. Knight. After her are Élodie Bouchez, Dennis Gansel, Eva Röse, Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Jorge Garcia, and Tara Strong.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Cathy Freeman ranks 284 out of 1,143. Before her are Frank Hurley (1885), Dave Power (1928), Jason Donovan (1968), Bill Bruce (1923), Stephen Laybutt (1977), and Kyrie Irving (1992). After her are Lenka (1978), Andrew Lesnie (1956), John Devitt (1937), Simone Young (1961), Ben Chifley (1885), and Joseph Lyons (1879).

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Among ATHLETES In Australia

Among athletes born in Australia, Cathy Freeman ranks 14. Before her are George Parker (1896), Fleur Mellor (1936), Judy Amoore (1940), Herb Elliott (1938), Dave Power (1928), and Bill Bruce (1923). After her are Nick Winter (1894), Bobby Pearce (1905), Betty McKinnon (1925), Pam Kilborn (1939), Marilyn Black (1944), and Joyce King (1920).

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