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Dorothy Tyler-Odam

1920 - 2014

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Dorothy Jennifer Beatrice Tyler, MBE (née Odam; 14 March 1920 – 25 September 2014) was a British athlete who competed mainly in the high jump. She was born in Stockwell, London.Odam competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany where she won the silver medal behind Ibolya Csák. She jumped the highest and was the first to clear 1.60 meters, and would have won under modern countback rules, but under the 1936 rulebook a jump-off was called for, and Csák won the gold.In 1939 she broke the world record in the high jump with 1.66m, but Germany's Dora Ratjen allegedly broke her record quickly. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dorothy Tyler-Odam has received more than 44,717 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Dorothy Tyler-Odam is the 698th most popular athlete (up from 1,091st in 2019), the 3,682nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,482nd in 2019) and the 27th most popular British Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 45k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Dorothy Tyler-Odams by language

Over the past year Dorothy Tyler-Odam has had the most page views in the with 4,747 views, followed by English (3,736), and Spanish (904). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are German (746.17%), Simple English (74.93%), and Serbian (54.44%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Dorothy Tyler-Odam ranks 698 out of 6,025. Before her are Valerio Arri, James Juvenal, Prosper Bruggeman, Ivo Trumbić, Pekka Vasala, and Tatyana Anisimova. After her are Ingrid Auerswald, Karl Johan Svensson, Akio Kaminaga, Doug Rogers, Petra Felke, and Arthur Harnden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Dorothy Tyler-Odam ranks 319. Before her are Vincentas Sladkevičius, Olle Åhlund, Urbano Navarrete Cortés, Mario Cecchi Gori, Neville Brand, and Konstantin Beskov. After her are Claude Cheysson, João Cabral de Melo Neto, Marie Ljalková, An Wang, Liam Cosgrave, and Captain Tom. Among people deceased in 2014, Dorothy Tyler-Odam ranks 328. Before her are Jimmy Ellis, Mary F. Lyon, Hal Finney, Bengt Eriksson, Anatoly Kuznetsov, and Frans van der Lugt. After her are Dietmar Schönherr, Helma Sanders-Brahms, Jacques Barrot, Els Borst, Tony Benn, and Jonathan Williams.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dorothy Tyler-Odam ranks 3,682 out of 8,785. Before her are Joe Hart (1987), Russell Brand (1975), Paul Ince (1967), Michael Kitchen (1948), Sid Kimpton (1887), and William Mitchell Ramsay (1851). After her are Ian Hunter (1939), Tobias Menzies (1974), Gwyneth Jones (1936), C. V. Boys (1855), Margery Allingham (1904), and Pat Symonds (1953).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Dorothy Tyler-Odam ranks 27. Before her are Eddie Owen (1886), Henry Macintosh (1892), Tommy Hampson (1907), Don Thompson (1933), Wyndham Halswelle (1882), and Bill Roberts (1912). After her are Robert Lindsay (1890), Steve Redgrave (1962), Victor d'Arcy (1887), Godfrey Rampling (1909), Cecil Griffiths (1900), and Phyllis Johnson (1886).

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