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Dorothy Poynton-Hill

1915 - 1995

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Dorothy Poynton-Hill (née Poynton, later Teuber; July 17, 1915 – May 18, 1995) was an American diver who competed at the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics. She won the 10 m platform event in 1932 and 1936, while in the 3 m springboard she took a silver in 1928 and a bronze in 1936. In 1928, at age 13 she became the youngest Olympian to win a medal and, in 1936, the first Olympic diver to win the 10 m platform twice.After retiring from competitions, Poynton-Hill ran an aquatic club in Los Angeles and appeared in several TV commercials. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dorothy Poynton-Hill has received more than 19,819 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Dorothy Poynton-Hill is the 1,520th most popular athlete (down from 1,282nd in 2019), the 9,786th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,679th in 2019) and the 269th most popular American Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.57

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  • 2.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Dorothy Poynton-Hills by language

Over the past year Dorothy Poynton-Hill has had the most page views in the with 1,798 views, followed by Chinese (655), and Arabic (521). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (184.56%), Arabic (140.09%), and Ukrainian (76.00%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Dorothy Poynton-Hill ranks 1,520 out of 6,025. Before her are Waldemar Tietgens, Ghiță Licu, Frederick Sheffield, Vyacheslav Vedenin, Irmgard Praetz, and Siegfried Purner. After her are Frank Odberg, Väinö Siikaniemi, Witold Woyda, Yuliya Levchenko, Carl Kaufmann, and Tibor Tatai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Dorothy Poynton-Hill ranks 255. Before her are Heinrich Albertz, Simo Puupponen, Khushwant Singh, Dan Dailey, Brian Shawe-Taylor, and Siegfried Purner. After her are Ödön Gróf, Vincent Persichetti, Robert Lockwood Jr., Masanori Yusa, Joe Mantell, and Junior Durkin. Among people deceased in 1995, Dorothy Poynton-Hill ranks 287. Before her are Art Mollner, George Rodger, Grahame Clark, Achmad Nawir, Patsy Ruth Miller, and Johnny Moss. After her are Trevor Blokdyk, Red Amick, Hideko Maehata, Todor Diev, Víctor Peralta, and Les Aspin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dorothy Poynton-Hill ranks 9,786 out of 20,380. Before her are Red Mitchell (1927), Chris Fehn (1973), Leonard Wood (1860), Carmen Luvana (1981), Melvin Frank (1913), and Peter G. Peterson (1926). After her are Harvey Mason (1947), Arthur Laurents (1917), J. Alden Weir (1852), Jim Montgomery (1955), Janet Hubert (1956), and Alva Belmont (1853).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Dorothy Poynton-Hill ranks 269. Before her are Barbara Ferrell (1947), Edward Stevens (1932), Roger Kingdom (1962), Georgia Coleman (1912), Jerome Biffle (1928), and Frederick Sheffield (1902). After her are Carl Kaufmann (1936), Valerie Brisco-Hooks (1960), Marjorie Gestring (1922), Butch Reynolds (1964), William Dickey (1874), and Frank Waller (1884).

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