1944 - 2010
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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Among athletes, Janet Simpson ranks 1,739 out of 3,059. Before 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.
1977 - Present
HPI: 38.17
Rank: 1,733
1968 - Present
HPI: 38.16
Rank: 1,734
1950 - Present
HPI: 38.15
Rank: 1,735
1982 - Present
HPI: 38.14
Rank: 1,736
1968 - Present
HPI: 38.14
Rank: 1,737
1957 - Present
HPI: 38.13
Rank: 1,738
1944 - 2010
HPI: 38.13
Rank: 1,739
1876 - 1921
HPI: 38.13
Rank: 1,740
1958 - Present
HPI: 38.12
Rank: 1,741
1945 - Present
HPI: 38.12
Rank: 1,742
1994 - Present
HPI: 38.09
Rank: 1,743
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.06
Rank: 1,744
1942 - Present
HPI: 38.05
Rank: 1,745
Among people born in 1944, Janet Simpson ranks 617. Before 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 401. Before 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.
1944 - 2018
HPI: 38.48
Rank: 611
1944 - Present
HPI: 38.45
Rank: 612
1944 - 2011
HPI: 38.39
Rank: 613
1944 - Present
HPI: 38.37
Rank: 614
1944 - Present
HPI: 38.33
Rank: 615
1944 - Present
HPI: 38.14
Rank: 616
1944 - 2010
HPI: 38.13
Rank: 617
1944 - Present
HPI: 37.87
Rank: 618
1944 - Present
HPI: 37.78
Rank: 619
1944 - 2018
HPI: 37.72
Rank: 620
1944 - Present
HPI: 37.61
Rank: 621
1944 - Present
HPI: 37.59
Rank: 622
1944 - Present
HPI: 37.34
Rank: 623
1963 - 2010
HPI: 39.06
Rank: 395
1990 - 2010
HPI: 38.71
Rank: 396
1927 - 2010
HPI: 38.62
Rank: 397
1919 - 2010
HPI: 38.49
Rank: 398
1912 - 2010
HPI: 38.47
Rank: 399
1949 - 2010
HPI: 38.33
Rank: 400
1944 - 2010
HPI: 38.13
Rank: 401
1922 - 2010
HPI: 37.97
Rank: 402
1912 - 2010
HPI: 37.96
Rank: 403
1923 - 2010
HPI: 37.68
Rank: 404
1927 - 2010
HPI: 37.49
Rank: 405
1922 - 2010
HPI: 37.45
Rank: 406
1912 - 2010
HPI: 37.23
Rank: 407
Among people born in United Kingdom, Janet Simpson ranks 5,484 out of 7,765. Before 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).
1984 - Present
HPI: 38.15
Rank: 5,478
1975 - Present
HPI: 38.15
Rank: 5,479
1935 - 2006
HPI: 38.15
Rank: 5,480
1988 - Present
HPI: 38.15
Rank: 5,481
1953 - 1979
HPI: 38.14
Rank: 5,482
1980 - Present
HPI: 38.13
Rank: 5,483
1944 - 2010
HPI: 38.13
Rank: 5,484
1974 - Present
HPI: 38.13
Rank: 5,485
1941 - Present
HPI: 38.12
Rank: 5,486
1994 - Present
HPI: 38.12
Rank: 5,487
1983 - Present
HPI: 38.12
Rank: 5,488
1962 - Present
HPI: 38.11
Rank: 5,489
1963 - 2021
HPI: 38.11
Rank: 5,490
Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Janet Simpson ranks 64. Before 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).
1969 - Present
HPI: 39.32
Rank: 58
1940 - Present
HPI: 39.05
Rank: 59
1942 - Present
HPI: 38.91
Rank: 60
1890 - 1958
HPI: 38.54
Rank: 61
1942 - 2021
HPI: 38.25
Rank: 62
1917 - 1998
HPI: 38.23
Rank: 63
1944 - 2010
HPI: 38.13
Rank: 64
1942 - Present
HPI: 37.90
Rank: 65
1936 - Present
HPI: 37.78
Rank: 66
1973 - Present
HPI: 37.55
Rank: 67
1939 - Present
HPI: 37.45
Rank: 68
1944 - Present
HPI: 37.06
Rank: 69
1947 - Present
HPI: 36.56
Rank: 70