1907 - 1979
Ethel May Smith (July 5, 1907 – December 31, 1979) was a sprinter from Canada who won two medals at the Amsterdam 1928 Summer Olympics: a bronze medal in the 100 m, and a gold team medal in the 4 × 100 m relay. Smith was born into a poor family and quit school in the eighth grade to work at the Toronto's Garment District. She won the 220 yards at the national championships in 1927 and the 60 yards at the Ontario Championships in 1929. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ethel Smith has received more than 7,699 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Ethel Smith is the 145th most popular athlete (up from 204th in 2019), the 187th most popular biography from Canada (down from 179th in 2019) and the most popular Canadian Athlete.
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Among athletes, Ethel Smith ranks 145 out of 3,055. Before her are Galina Chistyakova, Johan Grøttumsbråten, Lee Haney, Gunnar Höckert, Yevgeny Grishin, and Romuald Klim. After her are Ilmari Salminen, Eugen Schmidt, Ibolya Csák, Michael Johnson, Charles Dvorak, and Eugenio Monti.
1962 - Present
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 139
1899 - 1983
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 140
1959 - Present
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 141
1910 - 1940
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 142
1931 - 2005
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 143
1933 - 2011
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 144
1907 - 1979
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 145
1902 - 1986
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 146
1862 - 1931
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 147
1915 - 2006
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 148
1967 - Present
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 149
1878 - 1969
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 150
1928 - 2003
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 151
Among people born in 1907, Ethel Smith ranks 153. Before her are Miguel Torga, Roman Rudenko, Gene Autry, Frederick Copleston, Ramon Magsaysay, and James A. Michener. After her are Raymond Braine, Marcel Bezençon, James M. Gavin, Parvin E'tesami, Helmut Walcha, and Giuseppe Occhialini. Among people deceased in 1979, Ethel Smith ranks 114. Before her are George Seaton, Antun Augustinčić, Ferenc Nagy, Alfred Deller, Lothar Wolleh, and Katharine Burr Blodgett. After her are Georges Florovsky, Leonid Bykov, Ted Cassidy, Ludwig Renn, Zhang Guotao, and Antonio Caggiano.
1907 - 1995
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 147
1907 - 1981
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 148
1907 - 1998
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 149
1907 - 1994
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 150
1907 - 1957
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 151
1907 - 1997
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 152
1907 - 1979
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 153
1907 - 1978
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 154
1907 - 1981
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 155
1907 - 1990
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 156
1907 - 1941
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 157
1907 - 1991
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 158
1907 - 1993
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 159
1911 - 1979
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 108
1900 - 1979
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 109
1903 - 1979
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 110
1912 - 1979
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 111
1930 - 1979
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 112
1898 - 1979
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 113
1907 - 1979
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 114
1893 - 1979
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 115
1928 - 1979
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 116
1932 - 1979
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 117
1889 - 1979
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 118
1897 - 1979
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 119
1889 - 1979
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 120
Among people born in Canada, Ethel Smith ranks 187 out of 1,130. Before her are Elisha Cuthbert (1982), David Shore (1959), Jordan Peterson (1962), René Lévesque (1922), Naomi Klein (1970), and Elliot Page (1987). After her are Florence Lawrence (1886), Peter North (1957), Hayden Christensen (1981), Marie Dressler (1868), Lothaire Bluteau (1957), and Eugene Levy (1946).
1982 - Present
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 181
1959 - Present
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 182
1962 - Present
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 183
1922 - 1987
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 184
1970 - Present
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 185
1987 - Present
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 186
1907 - 1979
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 187
1886 - 1938
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 188
1957 - Present
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 189
1981 - Present
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 190
1868 - 1934
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 191
1957 - Present
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 192
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 193
Among athletes born in Canada, Ethel Smith ranks 1. After her are Percy Williams (1908), Terry Fox (1958), Duncan McNaughton (1910), Étienne Desmarteau (1873), Alex Wilson (1905), Robert Benson (1894), Jane Bell (1910), Walter Byron (1894), Earl Thomson (1895), Harry Watson (1898), and Hayley Wickenheiser (1978).
1907 - 1979
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 1
1908 - 1982
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 2
1958 - 1981
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 3
1910 - 1998
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 4
1873 - 1905
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 5
1905 - 1994
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 6
1894 - 1965
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 7
1910 - 1998
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 8
1894 - 1971
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 9
1895 - 1971
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 10
1898 - 1957
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 11
1978 - Present
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 12