1914 - 1995
Hideko Maehata (前畑 秀子, Maehata Hideko, May 20, 1914 – February 24, 1995) was a Japanese breaststroke swimmer and the first Japanese woman to earn a gold medal in the Olympics.Maehata was born in Hashimoto, Wakayama, as the daughter of a tofu producer and as a child learned to swim in the Kinokawa River. In the fifth grade of elementary school, she set an unofficial youth record for the 50-meter breaststroke. She went on to win numerous competitions, and was sponsored to attend a women’s boarding school in Nagoya which specialized in swimming, but the sudden death of her parents in 1931 forced her return home. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hideko Maehata has received more than 29,315 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Hideko Maehata is the 50th most popular swimmer (down from 35th in 2019), the 1,301st most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,129th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Japanese Swimmer.
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Among swimmers, Hideko Maehata ranks 50 out of 392. Before her are Jimmy McLane, Max Hainle, Nel van Vliet, Julius Frey, Matt Biondi, and Shigeo Arai. After her are Emil Rausch, Barbara Krause, Martha Norelius, Irene Guest, Bill Smith, and Aileen Riggin.
1930 - 2020
HPI: 44.72
Rank: 44
1882 - 1961
HPI: 44.63
Rank: 45
1926 - 2006
HPI: 44.63
Rank: 46
1881 - 1960
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 47
1965 - Present
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 48
1916 - 1944
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 49
1914 - 1995
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 50
1883 - 1954
HPI: 44.12
Rank: 51
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 52
1909 - 1955
HPI: 44.04
Rank: 53
1900 - 1970
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 54
1924 - 2013
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 55
1906 - 2002
HPI: 43.83
Rank: 56
Among people born in 1914, Hideko Maehata ranks 300. Before her are Mustafa Mansour, Robert R. Wilson, Rolf Holmberg, Robert Alda, Sven Fahlman, and Oktay Rıfat Horozcu. After her are Bruce M. Metzger, Estelle Reiner, Josef Peters, Xosé María Díaz Castro, Severino Rigoni, and Louis Chaillot. Among people deceased in 1995, Hideko Maehata ranks 244. Before her are Karl Warner, Benjamin Mazar, Phil Harris, René Bader, Prawitz Öberg, and Joe Slovo. After her are Johnny Moss, Víctor Ugarte, Riccardo Carapellese, Stig Sjölin, George Woodcock, and Iosif Kheifits.
1914 - 2002
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 294
1914 - 2000
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 295
1914 - 1979
HPI: 44.32
Rank: 296
1914 - 1986
HPI: 44.29
Rank: 297
1914 - 2003
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 298
1914 - 1988
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 299
1914 - 1995
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 300
1914 - 2007
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 301
1914 - 2008
HPI: 44.15
Rank: 302
1914 - 2001
HPI: 44.12
Rank: 303
1914 - 1990
HPI: 44.08
Rank: 304
1914 - 1992
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 305
1914 - 1998
HPI: 44.02
Rank: 306
1908 - 1995
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 238
1906 - 1995
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 239
1904 - 1995
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 240
1922 - 1995
HPI: 44.90
Rank: 241
1930 - 1995
HPI: 44.58
Rank: 242
1926 - 1995
HPI: 44.26
Rank: 243
1914 - 1995
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 244
1907 - 1995
HPI: 44.12
Rank: 245
1926 - 1995
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 246
1922 - 1995
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 247
1928 - 1995
HPI: 43.98
Rank: 248
1912 - 1995
HPI: 43.93
Rank: 249
1905 - 1995
HPI: 43.82
Rank: 250
Among people born in Japan, Hideko Maehata ranks 1,301 out of 6,048. Before her are Ichiya Kumagae (1890), Kamui Kobayashi (1986), Takehide Nakatani (1941), Hiroshi Ochiai (1946), Mitsunori Fujiguchi (1949), and Shigeo Arai (1916). After her are Noriyuki Abe (1961), Kim Eui-tae (1941), Daisuke Namikawa (1976), Shinichi Mochizuki (1969), Yoshiko Tanaka (1956), and Kazuaki Nagasawa (1958).
1890 - 1968
HPI: 44.26
Rank: 1,295
1986 - Present
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 1,296
1941 - Present
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 1,297
1946 - Present
HPI: 44.22
Rank: 1,298
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 1,299
1916 - 1944
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 1,300
1914 - 1995
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 1,301
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 1,302
1941 - Present
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 1,303
1976 - Present
HPI: 44.15
Rank: 1,304
1969 - Present
HPI: 44.14
Rank: 1,305
1956 - 2011
HPI: 44.14
Rank: 1,306
1958 - Present
HPI: 44.12
Rank: 1,307
Among swimmers born in Japan, Hideko Maehata ranks 4. Before her are Yasuji Miyazaki (1916), Kusuo Kitamura (1917), and Shigeo Arai (1916). After her are Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (1903), Katsuo Takaishi (1906), Kosuke Kitajima (1982), Daichi Suzuki (1967), Daiya Seto (1994), Ryosuke Irie (1990), Kosuke Hagino (1994), and Takeshi Matsuda (1984).
1916 - 1989
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 1
1917 - 1996
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 2
1916 - 1944
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 3
1914 - 1995
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 4
1903 - 1986
HPI: 42.14
Rank: 5
1906 - 1966
HPI: 39.09
Rank: 6
1982 - Present
HPI: 34.61
Rank: 7
1967 - Present
HPI: 33.50
Rank: 8
1994 - Present
HPI: 29.40
Rank: 9
1990 - Present
HPI: 26.64
Rank: 10
1994 - Present
HPI: 26.46
Rank: 11
1984 - Present
HPI: 25.93
Rank: 12