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Glynis Nunn

1960 - Today

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Glynis Leanne Nunn-Cearns OAM (née Saunders, formerly Nunn; born 4 December 1960) is a former Australian heptathlete, the first Olympic champion in the event. Born in Toowoomba, Queensland, she began competing in athletics at age 9, when she was a student at Toowoomba South State School. She starred in several events, and was thus a natural competitor in the pentathlon (which was replaced by the heptathlon in 1981). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Glynis Nunn has received more than 78,734 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Glynis Nunn is the 3,327th most popular athlete (down from 2,918th in 2019), the 636th most popular biography from Australia (down from 611th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Australian Athlete.

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  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Glynis Nunn ranks 3,327 out of 6,025. Before her are Musa Evloev, Olena Krasovska, Genzebe Dibaba, Pierpaolo Ferrazzi, Francisco Boza, and Monika Weber-Koszto. After her are Ivano Brugnetti, Larisa Peleshenko, Magomed Ibragimov, Caroline Ouellette, Patrice Lhotellier, and Elisabeth Micheler-Jones.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Glynis Nunn ranks 784. Before her are Aleksei Prudnikov, Mark Dindal, Fernando Arcega, Derrick Jensen, Sangeeta Bijlani, and Youth. After her are Gary Gillespie, Kevin Shirley, Mark Sanford, Linda Fratianne, Colin Pitchfork, and Roger Marshall.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Glynis Nunn ranks 636 out of 1,143. Before her are Ante Covic (1975), Gabriella Cilmi (1991), Alexei Popyrin (1999), Steve Corica (1973), Vanessa Amorosi (1981), and Emma Snowsill (1981). After her are Heinrich Haussler (1984), Ben Simmons (1996), Jai Hindley (1996), Dianne Fromholtz (1956), Chris Vermeulen (1982), and Justin Kurzel (1974).

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Among ATHLETES In Australia

Among athletes born in Australia, Glynis Nunn ranks 44. Before her are Brenda Jones (1936), Chilla Porter (1936), Jessica Watson (1993), Steve Hooker (1982), Rick Mitchell (1955), and Emma Snowsill (1981). After her are Lisa Martin (1960), Eleanor Patterson (1996), Raelene Boyle (1951), Alyson Annan (1973), Nina Kennedy (1997), and Pita Taufatofua (1983).

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