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Dorothy Hyman

1941 - Today

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Dorothy Hyman (born 9 May 1941) is an English retired sprinter. She competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics in the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m events, winning three medals. She also won individual 100 m gold and 200 m silver at the 1962 European Championships in Belgrade and, representing England, completed the 100 yd/220 yd sprint double at the 1962 Commonwealth Games.Winner of the 1963 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, she has a stadium in her home village of Cudworth named in her honour. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dorothy Hyman has received more than 88,201 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Dorothy Hyman is the 3,191st most popular athlete (down from 2,232nd in 2019), the 6,806th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,079th in 2019) and the 116th most popular British Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 88k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 34.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Dorothy Hymen by language

Over the past year Dorothy Hyman has had the most page views in the with 12,031 views, followed by Spanish (504), and German (503). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Georgian (551.47%), Czech (87.50%), and Slovenian (62.35%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Dorothy Hyman ranks 3,191 out of 6,025. Before her are Wilson Boit Kipketer, Richard Trautmann, Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie, Jaime Ordiales, Nadine Kleinert, and Assefa Mezgebu. After her are Amy Mbacké Thiam, Christiane Weber, Niki Bakoyianni, Björn Ferry, Bevan Docherty, and Vala Flosadóttir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Dorothy Hyman ranks 647. Before her are Menzies Campbell, Ronald Keeble, Brian Holland, Bob Wilson, Darshan Ranganathan, and George Will. After her are Anita Lonsbrough, Danny Davis, Lucille Roybal-Allard, and Pierre Agostini.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dorothy Hyman ranks 6,806 out of 8,785. Before her are Dean-Charles Chapman (1997), Stephen Lee (1974), Andrea Leadsom (1963), David Watson (1946), Elfyn Evans (1988), and Mike Dean (1968). After her are Chris Gauthier (1976), Rupert Wyatt (1972), Luke Mably (1976), Hannah New (1984), Barry Ferguson (1978), and John Digweed (1967).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Dorothy Hyman ranks 116. Before her are Walter D'Hondt (1936), Brendan Foster (1948), Sheila Sherwood (1945), Nellie Halstead (1910), Jean Pickering (1929), and Kirsten Barnes (1968). After her are Richard Meade (1938), David Broome (1940), Derek Ibbotson (1932), Vicky Holland (1986), Tom Daley (1994), and Martin Cross (1957).

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