SWIMMER

Faith Leech

1941 - 2013

Photo of Faith Leech

Icon of person Faith Leech

Faith Yvonne Leech (31 March 1941 – 14 September 2013) was an Australian freestyle swimmer who won a gold medal in the 4×100–metre freestyle relay and bronze in the 100-metre freestyle at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. A tall and lean swimmer known for her elegant technique, Leech started swimming as a child to build strength after a series of stomach disorders in her infancy. She quickly rose to prominence after breaking a string of age group records. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Faith Leech has received more than 80,524 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Faith Leech is the 116th most popular swimmer, the 317th most popular biography from Australia and the 7th most popular Australian Swimmer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 81k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Faith Leech ranks 116 out of 709. Before her are Leslie Boardman, Belle Moore, Harry Hebner, Yoshiyuki Tsuruta, Oleksandr Sydorenko, and Oscar Grégoire. After her are Jim Montgomery, Jean Taris, Ada Kok, Jeannette Campbell, Gunnar Larsson, and Otto Fahr.

Most Popular Swimmers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Faith Leech ranks 549. Before her are Miroslav Verner, Irma Thomas, Nelson López, Takao Sakurai, Mário da Graça Machungo, and Vyacheslav Vedenin. After her are Magne Thomassen, Shirley Stelfox, Neal Adams, Antonina Lazareva, Jacques Cheminade, and Chuck McKinley. Among people deceased in 2013, Faith Leech ranks 419. Before her are Elías Querejeta, Eero Kolehmainen, Narendra Dabholkar, Jean Kent, Tatyana Zaslavskaya, and Edward Stevens. After her are Derek Kevan, Janet Rowley, Robin Sachs, Michel Knuysen, Mohamed Brahmi, and Sayan Sanya.

Others Born in 1941

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2013

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Faith Leech ranks 317 out of 1,143. Before her are Bobby Pearce (1905), Colt Walker (null), Leslie Boardman (1889), Josip Šimunić (1978), Ruby Payne-Scott (1912), and Pat Rafter (1972). After her are Danny Clark (1951), Walter Frederick Gale (1865), Charles Kingsford Smith (1897), James Scullin (1876), Teresa Palmer (1986), and Kerry Melville (1947).

Others born in Australia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among SWIMMERS In Australia

Among swimmers born in Australia, Faith Leech ranks 7. Before her are Ian Thorpe (1982), Frederick Lane (1880), Fanny Durack (1889), John Devitt (1937), Lyn McClements (1951), and Leslie Boardman (1889). After her are Clare Dennis (1916), Harold Hardwick (1888), Mina Wylie (1891), Cecil Healy (1881), Shane Gould (1956), and Kevin Berry (1945).

Australian born Swimmers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous