SWIMMER

Gertrude Ederle

1905 - 2003

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Gertrude Caroline Ederle (October 23, 1905 – November 30, 2003) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and world record-holder in five events. On August 6, 1926, she became the first woman to swim across the English Channel. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gertrude Ederle has received more than 1,744,244 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Gertrude Ederle is the 5th most popular swimmer, the 2,629th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,680th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Swimmer.

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  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.07

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  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Gertrude Ederle ranks 5 out of 709. Before her are Johnny Weissmuller, Mark Spitz, Michael Phelps, and Alfréd Hajós. After her are Amedee Reyburn, Duke Kahanamoku, Charles Devendeville, Rie Mastenbroek, Jimmy McLane, Fernand Feyaerts, and Roland Matthes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Gertrude Ederle ranks 100. Before her are Jigme Wangchuck, Pierre Klossowski, Jacinto Quincoces, Natalia Pavlovna Paley, George Kelly, and Nihal Atsız. After her are Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu, Savitri Devi, Anna May Wong, Abraham Zapruder, Franjo Šeper, and Alexander Rodimtsev. Among people deceased in 2003, Gertrude Ederle ranks 92. Before her are Sébastien Japrisot, Mohamed Choukri, Canaan Banana, Rik Van Steenbergen, Kalpana Chawla, and Prince Carl Bernadotte. After her are Maurice Pialat, Massimo Girotti, John Ritter, Johanna Budwig, Robert Brown, and William Steig.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gertrude Ederle ranks 2,629 out of 20,380. Before her are A. E. Waite (1857), John Grinder (1940), Dorothea Tanning (1910), Walter Tevis (1928), J. T. Walsh (1943), and James M. Cain (1892). After her are Henry Flagler (1830), Susan Sullivan (1942), Kirk Kerkorian (1917), Triple H (1969), Anne Schedeen (1949), and Johnny Sins (1978).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Gertrude Ederle ranks 3. Before her are Mark Spitz (1950), and Michael Phelps (1985). After her are Amedee Reyburn (1889), Duke Kahanamoku (1890), Jimmy McLane (1930), Aileen Riggin (1906), George Kojac (1910), Ken Walsh (1945), Charles Daniels (1885), Don Schollander (1946), and Helen Johns (1914).

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