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Heike Friedrich

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Heike Friedrich (born 18 April 1970 in Karl-Marx-Stadt, Saxony) is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won two medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. At the age of 15, Friedrich won five gold medals in the 1985 European championships and won four more in the World Championship the next year. She had not lost in a single major international championship in any event until she was defeated by Janet Evans in the 400 m in the Seoul Olympics, taking the silver medal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heike Friedrich has received more than 29,976 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Heike Friedrich is the 165th most popular swimmer (down from 149th in 2019), the 5,382nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,786th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular German Swimmer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Heike Friedrich ranks 165 out of 392. Before her are Boy Charlton, Aaron Peirsol, Petra van Staveren, Kaye Hall, Dara Torres, and Otto Wahle. After her are Kirsty Coventry, Marleen Veldhuis, Petra Thümer, Daichi Suzuki, John Naber, and Britta Steffen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Heike Friedrich ranks 636. Before her are Michel van der Aa, Els Callens, Mark Kirchner, Tord Gustavsen, Olaf Kölzig, and Yayuk Basuki. After her are Eric Whitacre, Tim Story, Ilmārs Bricis, Sean Patrick Thomas, Kentaro Sawada, and Kim Do-hoon.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heike Friedrich ranks 5,382 out of 6,142. Before her are Alice Merton (1993), Jörg Böhme (1974), Bettine Jahn (1958), Johannes Ludwig (1986), Mark Kirchner (1970), and Sylke Otto (1969). After her are Patriz Ilg (1957), Magnus Manske (1974), Tibor Pleiß (1989), Patricia Janečková (1998), Sabine Spitz (1971), and Felix Neureuther (1984).

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Among SWIMMERS In Germany

Among swimmers born in Germany, Heike Friedrich ranks 23. Before her are Ute Geweniger (1964), Hannelore Anke (1957), Ulrike Tauber (1958), Caren Metschuck (1963), Franziska van Almsick (1978), and Paul Biedermann (1986). After her are Petra Thümer (1961), Britta Steffen (1983), Uwe Dassler (1967), Florian Wellbrock (1997), Dagmar Hase (1969), and Daniela Hunger (1972).

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