SWIMMER

Ian Thorpe

1982 - Today

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Ian James Thorpe (born 13 October 1982) is an Australian retired swimmer who specialised in freestyle, but also competed in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the second most won by any Australian after fellow swimmer Emma McKeon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ian Thorpe has received more than 3,703,299 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Ian Thorpe is the 34th most popular swimmer (down from 32nd in 2019), the 178th most popular biography from Australia (up from 198th in 2019) and the most popular Australian Swimmer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Ian Thorpe ranks 34 out of 709. Before him are Đurđica Bjedov, Ethelda Bleibtrey, Ferenc Csik, Ann Curtis, Yasuji Miyazaki, and Gérard Blitz. After him are Éva Novák-Gerard, Judit Temes, Frederick Lane, Clarke Scholes, Marie Braun, and Irene Guest.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Ian Thorpe ranks 77. Before him are Emina Jahović, Justin Gatlin, Beto, Kevin Kurányi, Janica Kostelić, and Seth Rogen. After him are Monique Alexander, Alan Ritchson, David Ferrer, Abbie Cornish, David Nalbandian, and Landon Donovan.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Ian Thorpe ranks 178 out of 1,143. Before him are J. L. Mackie (1917), Sheila Fitzpatrick (1941), Dawn Fraser (1937), Sidney Nolan (1917), Peter Carey (1943), and Frank Sedgman (1927). After him are Harry Kewell (1978), Frederick Lane (1880), Rodney Heath (1884), Stan Rowley (1876), Alfred Deakin (1856), and Abbie Cornish (1982).

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Among SWIMMERS In Australia

Among swimmers born in Australia, Ian Thorpe ranks 1. After him are Frederick Lane (1880), Fanny Durack (1889), John Devitt (1937), Lyn McClements (1951), Leslie Boardman (1889), Faith Leech (1941), Clare Dennis (1916), Harold Hardwick (1888), Mina Wylie (1891), Cecil Healy (1881), and Shane Gould (1956).

Australian born Swimmers

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