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Irene Steer

1889 - 1977

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Irene Steer (10 August 1889 – 18 April 1977) was a Welsh freestyle swimmer. She is one of only six Welsh women who have won Olympic gold medals, the others being Nicole Cooke (cycling, 2008), Jade Jones (taekwondo, 2012, 2016), Hannah Mills (sailing 2016, 2020), Elinor Barker (cycling, 2016) and Lauren Price (boxing, 2020). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Irene Steer has received more than 19,237 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Irene Steer is the 95th most popular swimmer, the 4,579th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 4th most popular British Swimmer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 19k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Irene Steer ranks 95 out of 709. Before her are Michael Gross, Eleanor Garatti, Helen Wainwright, Mike Burton, Allen Stack, and Nel van Vliet. After her are László Szabados, John Devitt, Frederick Holman, Wally Ris, Max Schöne, and Elemér Szathmáry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Irene Steer ranks 267. Before her are José María Belauste, Wesley Ruggles, Claude McKay, Louis Ségura, Harry Clarke, and Minta Durfee. After her are Joseph Ruttenberg, Paul Nash, Otakar Vindyš, Herbert Hübner, Alfred E. Green, and Nagamichi Kuroda. Among people deceased in 1977, Irene Steer ranks 232. Before her are Hans Pulver, Gersh Budker, Miguel Mihura, Richard Brauer, Karl Kreutzberg, and Germano Boettcher Sobrinho. After her are Alexey Gribov, Birger Rosengren, Steve Gaines, Betty Taylor, Andy Devine, and Carroll Quigley.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Irene Steer ranks 4,579 out of 8,785. Before her are David Robb (1947), Peter McParland (1934), Allan Warren (1948), Arthur Surridge Hunt (1871), Ron Greenwood (1921), and J. J. C. Smart (1920). After her are Thomas Linacre (1460), John Rae (1813), Geoffrey Crossley (1921), Richard Thomas Lowe (1802), Sean Dyche (1971), and Timothy West (1934).

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Among SWIMMERS In United Kingdom

Among swimmers born in United Kingdom, Irene Steer ranks 4. Before her are Henry Taylor (1885), John Derbyshire (1878), and John Arthur Jarvis (1872). After her are Frederick Holman (1885), Murray Rose (1939), Belle Moore (1894), Jennie Fletcher (1890), Valerie Davies (1912), Lucy Morton (1898), Annie Speirs (1889), and Judy Grinham (1939).

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