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Dorothy Manley

1927 - 2021

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Dorothy Gladys Manley (later Hall, then Parlett; 29 April 1927 – 31 October 2021) was a British sprinter. She competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics, held in London, in the 100 metres where she won the silver medal with a time of 12.2 seconds. She was the first British woman to win an Olympic sprint medal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dorothy Manley has received more than 36,046 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Dorothy Manley is the 1,452nd most popular athlete (down from 177th in 2019), the 4,768th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,408th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular British Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 36k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Dorothy Manley ranks 1,452 out of 6,025. Before her are Imre Rajczy, Cecil McMaster, Shawn Rhoden, Robert Farnan, Vladimir Kiselyov, and Horst Meyer. After her are Bertalan Papp, Antonio Spallino, Hubert Stevens, Jack Cameron, Shunpei Uto, and Nick Winter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Dorothy Manley ranks 404. Before her are Alan King, Shriram Lagoo, Leonid Shcherbakov, Heinz Wewers, Michel Scheuer, and Yury Kazakov. After her are Alvin Sargent, Rolf Landauer, Carmen Zapata, François Nourissier, Chris Connor, and Kees Broekman. Among people deceased in 2021, Dorothy Manley ranks 536. Before her are Gabriel Núñez, Bipin Rawat, Millie Hughes-Fulford, Shawn Rhoden, Vladimir Kiselyov, and Virgil Abloh. After her are Julie Strain, Udo Zimmermann, Aleksandr Rogozhkin, Jean-Denis Bredin, Enrique Chazarreta, and Vicente Cantatore.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dorothy Manley ranks 4,768 out of 8,785. Before her are Mary Beard (1955), Juliet Stevenson (1956), Heather Angel (1909), C. H. Dodd (1884), Robert Smirke (1780), and Balfour Stewart (1828). After her are Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811), Glyn Johns (1942), Giles Gilbert Scott (1880), Lionel Tertis (1876), Robert H. McNaught (1956), and James Gibbs (1682).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Dorothy Manley ranks 53. Before her are Richard Gunn (1871), John McNally (1932), John James Shepherd (1884), Walter Chaffe (1870), Peter Kemp (1878), and Steve Ovett (1955). After her are Don Finlay (1909), Charles Hefferon (1878), James Wilson (1891), Stan Vickers (1932), John Fenning (1885), and Sheila Lerwill (1928).

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