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Janet Simpson

1944 - 2010

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Janet Mary Simpson (2 September 1944 – 14 March 2010) was a British athlete who competed in sprint events and the 400 metres.She competed for Great Britain in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the 4 x 100 metres relay, where she won the bronze medal with her team-mates Mary Rand, Daphne Arden and Dorothy Hyman. She emulated her mother, Violet Webb, who had won bronze in the same event at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Simpson competed for England in the 1966 Commonwealth Games held in Kingston, Jamaica, in the 4 x 110 yards relay, where she won the silver medal with her team-mates Maureen Tranter, Daphne Slater and Jill Hall. She finished fourth in the 400 metres final at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico, missing the bronze medal by only 0.32 seconds. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Janet Simpson has received more than 23,873 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Janet Simpson is the 1,739th most popular athlete, the 5,484th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 64th most popular British Athlete.

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  • 24k

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  • 38.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Janet Simpson ranks 1,739 out of 3,059Before her are Félix Sánchez, Jon Drummond, Marion Becker, Matthias Steiner, Olga Shishigina, and Bogdan Musioł. After her are Con Leahy, María Caridad Colón, Frank Hansen, Nafissatou Thiam, Primož Kozmus, and Gerry Ashworth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Janet Simpson ranks 617Before her are Celeste Yarnall, Richard A. Muller, Neil Young, John-David F. Bartoe, Richard Robarts, and Barrie M. Osborne. After her are Sonal Mansingh, Ernest Moniz, Dave Morgan, Peter Asher, Thomas Allen, and Steve Beshear. Among people deceased in 2010, Janet Simpson ranks 401Before her are Anna Samokhina, Shoya Tomizawa, Malcolm Allison, Isabella Abbott, Dorothy Janis, and Zbigniew Wassermann. After her are Gil Merrick, Dorothy Height, Adele Mara, John Dankworth, Lamont Johnson, and June Havoc.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Janet Simpson ranks 5,484 out of 7,765Before her are Glen Johnson (1984), Mark Clattenburg (1975), John Spencer (1935), Ed Speleers (1988), Jimmy McCulloch (1953), and Taio Cruz (1980). After her are Miguel Sapochnik (1974), Alan Mullery (1941), John Stones (1994), Cheryl (1983), George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews (1962), and Sean Lock (1963).

Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Janet Simpson ranks 64Before her are Fiona May (1969), Mary Rand (1940), Lynn Davies (1942), Willie Applegarth (1890), Adrian Metcalfe (1942), and Barbara Burke (1917). After her are Ann Packer (1942), Thelma Hopkins (1936), Paula Radcliffe (1973), Dorothy Shirley (1939), David Hemery (1944), and Sonia Robertson (1947).