1922 - 2015
Esther Cornelia Brand (née van Heerden; 29 September 1922 – 20 June 2015) was a South African athlete. She competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in the high jump, placing 20th in the discus throw. Brand was ranked world #1 in the high jump in 1940–41 and 1952, #3 in 1951 and #5 in 1939. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Esther Brand has received more than 22,235 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Esther Brand is the 128th most popular athlete (down from 113th in 2019), the 51st most popular biography from South Africa (down from 45th in 2019) and the most popular South African Athlete.
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Among athletes, Esther Brand ranks 128 out of 3,055. Before her are Miruts Yifter, John Flanagan, Jürgen Schult, Roger Bannister, Pietro Mennea, and Johnny Hayes. After her are William Hoyt, Vera Krepkina, Frank Jarvis, Pyotr Bolotnikov, Gisela Mauermayer, and Peter Snell.
1944 - 2016
HPI: 62.99
Rank: 122
1873 - 1938
HPI: 62.99
Rank: 123
1960 - Present
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 124
1929 - 2018
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 125
1952 - 2013
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 126
1886 - 1965
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 127
1922 - 2015
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 128
1875 - 1954
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 129
1933 - Present
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 130
1878 - 1933
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 131
1930 - 2013
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 132
1913 - 1995
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 133
1938 - 2019
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 134
Among people born in 1922, Esther Brand ranks 195. Before her are Vsevolod Bobrov, Jack Klugman, George McGovern, Martin Gray, Virgilio Noè, and Herman Kahn. After her are Carlo Lizzani, Hilarion Capucci, Steven Hill, Władysław Bartoszewski, Hal Clement, and Saad el-Shazly. Among people deceased in 2015, Esther Brand ranks 157. Before her are Sergio Sollima, Egon Bahr, Valentin Rasputin, Chris Squire, Richard Anthony, and Robert Manzon. After her are Jacob Bekenstein, Władysław Bartoszewski, Walter Burkert, Renzo Zorzi, Franco Interlenghi, and Mike Porcaro.
1922 - 1979
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 189
1922 - 2012
HPI: 63.07
Rank: 190
1922 - 2012
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 191
1922 - 2016
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 192
1922 - 2011
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 193
1922 - 1983
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 194
1922 - 2015
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 195
1922 - 2013
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 196
1922 - 2017
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 197
1922 - 2016
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 198
1922 - 2015
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 199
1922 - 2003
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 200
1922 - 2011
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 201
1921 - 2015
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 151
1922 - 2015
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 152
1937 - 2015
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 153
1948 - 2015
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 154
1938 - 2015
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 155
1917 - 2015
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 156
1922 - 2015
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 157
1947 - 2015
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 158
1922 - 2015
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 159
1931 - 2015
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 160
1946 - 2015
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 161
1931 - 2015
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 162
1955 - 2015
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 163
Among people born in South Africa, Esther Brand ranks 51 out of 312. Before her are Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819), Christiaan de Wet (1854), Elsa Joubert (1922), Eugène Terre'Blanche (1941), Oliver Tambo (1917), and Trevor Jones (1949). After her are Marais Viljoen (1915), Piet Joubert (1834), Glynis Johns (1923), David Cooper (1931), J. B. M. Hertzog (1866), and Walter Sisulu (1912).
1819 - 1901
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 45
1854 - 1922
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 46
1922 - 2020
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 47
1941 - 2010
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 48
1917 - 1993
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 49
1949 - Present
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 50
1922 - 2015
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 51
1915 - 2007
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 52
1834 - 1900
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 53
1923 - Present
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 54
1931 - 1986
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 55
1866 - 1942
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 56
1912 - 2003
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 57
Among athletes born in South Africa, Esther Brand ranks 1. After her are Reggie Walker (1889), Bevil Rudd (1894), Oscar Pistorius (1986), Sid Atkinson (1901), Clarence Walker (1898), Caster Semenya (1991), Lillian Board (1948), Wayde van Niekerk (1992), Zola Budd (1966), Josia Thugwane (1971), and Elana Meyer (1966).
1922 - 2015
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 1
1889 - 1951
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 2
1894 - 1948
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 3
1986 - Present
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 4
1901 - 1977
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 5
1898 - 1957
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 6
1991 - Present
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 7
1948 - 1970
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 8
1992 - Present
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 9
1966 - Present
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 10
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 11
1966 - Present
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 12