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Gretchen Walsh

2003 - Today

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Gretchen Claire Walsh (born January 29, 2003) is an American competitive swimmer, swimsuit model, and the world record holder in the 100 meter butterfly, 4×100 medley relay, mixed gender 4×100 medley relay, 50 meter butterfly (short course), 100 meter butterfly (short course), and 100 meter IM (short course). She won the silver medal in the 100 meter butterfly at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, where she also set the Olympic record in the 100 meter butterfly in the semifinals with a time of 55.38. She additionally holds one world junior record in the mixed gender 4×100 medley relay event, as well as American records in the 50 meter butterfly, 4×100 meter freestyle relay, 4×100 meter medley relay, 50 meter freestyle (short course), 50 meter backstroke (short course), 50 yard freestyle, 100 yard freestyle, 100 yard butterfly, 100 yard backstroke, 4×50 yard freestyle relay, 4×50 yard medley relay, 4×100 yard freestyle relay, and 4×100 yard medley relay. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gretchen Walsh has received more than 459,087 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Gretchen Walsh is the 637th most popular swimmer, the 19,810th most popular biography from United States and the 162nd most popular American Swimmer.

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  • 460k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 32.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Gretchen Walsh ranks 637 out of 709. Before her are Felix Auböck, Theodora Drakou, Megan Jendrick, Marco Orsi, Tamás Kenderesi, and Chase Kalisz. After her are Clara Basiana, Maria Ugolkova, Kseniya Sydorenko, Tyler Clary, Liu Ou, and Ajna Késely.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 2003, Gretchen Walsh ranks 114. Before her are Giorgi Sardalashvili, Anna Cathcart, Giorgia Villa, Oscar Bobb, JoJo Siwa, and Conor Bradley. After her are Yasin Ayari, Victor Lindgren, Max Charles, Dávid Betlehem, Pia Maria, and Long Daoyi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gretchen Walsh ranks 19,810 out of 20,380. Before her are Dominique Dawes (1976), Immanuel Quickley (1999), Joe Scally (2002), Oona Laurence (2002), Chase Kalisz (1994), and Josh Akognon (1986). After her are Colton Iverson (1989), Sage Kotsenburg (1993), Hilary Rhoda (1987), Ann Ward (1991), Megan Nicole (1993), and Spencer Smith (1987).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Gretchen Walsh ranks 162. Before her are Margaret Hoelzer (1983), Cristina Teuscher (1978), Diana Munz (1982), Robert Finke (1999), Megan Jendrick (1984), and Chase Kalisz (1994). After her are Tyler Clary (1989), Beth Botsford (1981), Eric Shanteau (1983), Katie Hoff (1989), Michael Andrew (1999), and Elizabeth Beisel (1992).

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