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Dorothy Brookshaw

1912 - 1962

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Dorothy Elizabeth Anne "Dot" Brookshaw (December 20, 1912 – September 3, 1962) was a Canadian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. She competed for Canada in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the bronze medal with her teammates Mildred Dolson, Hilda Cameron and Aileen Meagher. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dorothy Brookshaw has received more than 9,435 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Dorothy Brookshaw is the 1,770th most popular athlete (down from 1,122nd in 2019), the 593rd most popular biography from Canada (down from 522nd in 2019) and the 29th most popular Canadian Athlete.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Dorothy Brookshaw ranks 1,770 out of 6,025. Before her are Patriz Ilg, Émile Mercier, Maurizio Damilano, Antonina Seredina, Claudia Losch, and Andrzej Badeński. After her are Robert Taylor, Lawrence Stevens, Medea Jugeli, Hugo Lahtinen, Ruhi Sarıalp, and Tullio Bozza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Dorothy Brookshaw ranks 371. Before her are Anna J. Harrison, Joseph Van Ingelgem, Jadwiga Wajs, Eva Crane, Wendy Barrie, and Eleazar de Carvalho. After her are Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein, George Woodcock, Eva Dawes, Richard Doll, Sam Snead, and Henry M. Jackson. Among people deceased in 1962, Dorothy Brookshaw ranks 208. Before her are Émile Wegelin, Ernie Kovacs, Emmanuil Kazakevich, R. H. Tawney, Bjørn Rasmussen, and Léon Binoche. After her are Edy Reinalter, Julius Lenhart, Fran Saleški Finžgar, Augusta Savage, George Vernot, and Ron Flockhart.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Dorothy Brookshaw ranks 593 out of 1,622. Before her are Rob Pike (1956), Deryck Whibley (1980), Estella Warren (1978), Daniel Powter (1971), George Cloutier (1876), and Enrico Colantoni (1963). After her are Leslie Hope (1965), Barbara Hannigan (1971), Ross Taylor (1902), Alexander Ludwig (1992), Richard Wagner (1957), and Michael Mando (1981).

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Among ATHLETES In Canada

Among athletes born in Canada, Dorothy Brookshaw ranks 29. Before her are Jack Cameron (1900), Kenneth Lane (1923), Edward Archibald (1884), Francisco Fernández (null), Hilda Strike (1910), and George Cloutier (1876). After her are Ross Taylor (1902), Eva Dawes (1912), Archibald MacKinnon (1937), John Porter (1904), Richard Louis Duckett (1884), and Vic Emery (1933).

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