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Duncan Goodhew

1957 - Today

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Duncan Alexander Goodhew, (born 27 May 1957) is an English former competitive swimmer. After swimming competitively in America as a collegian at North Carolina State University, he was an Olympic swimmer for Great Britain and won Olympic gold and bronze medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Duncan Goodhew has received more than 351,157 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Duncan Goodhew is the 464th most popular swimmer (down from 359th in 2019), the 7,676th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,050th in 2019) and the 18th most popular British Swimmer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Duncan Goodhew ranks 464 out of 709Before him are Carrie Steinseifer, Dmitriy Balandin, Jessicah Schipper, Theresa Andrews, Simona Quadarella, and Andriy Govorov. After him are Éva Risztov, Natalie Coughlin, Rafael Muñoz, Manon van Rooijen, Takeshi Matsuda, and Kristel Köbrich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Duncan Goodhew ranks 788Before him are Helen DeWitt, Jim McGreevey, Bill Engvall, Steve Womack, Alan Duncan, and David McCreery. After him are Diana DeGette, Greg Walden, Mark Acheson, and Trent Franks.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Duncan Goodhew ranks 7,676 out of 8,785Before him are James McCarthy (1990), Charlotte Church (1986), Harry Souttar (1998), Ethan Hayter (1998), Carl Jenkinson (1992), and Simon Armitage (1963). After him are Danny Kent (1993), Shirley Strong (1958), Paul Clement (1972), Sacha Dhawan (1984), Alison Williamson (1971), and Jon Foo (1982).

Among SWIMMERS In United Kingdom

Among swimmers born in United Kingdom, Duncan Goodhew ranks 18Before him are Judy Grinham (1939), Hilda James (1904), Anita Lonsbrough (1941), Adam Peaty (1994), Tom Dean (2000), and Spyridon Gianniotis (1980). After him are Gemma Spofforth (1987), Mark Foster (1970), David Davies (1985), Liam Tancock (1985), Joanne Jackson (1986), and Rebecca Adlington (1989).