ATHLETE

Jessica Watson

1993 - Today

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Jessica Watson (born 18 May 1993) is an Australian sailor who was awarded the Order of Australia Medal after attempting a solo circumnavigation at the age of 16. Although she circled the planet, she did it in a narrow range of latitudes that resulted in her voyage falling short of the distance criterion of 21,600 nautical miles (40,000 km) for a circumnavigation – the equivalent of the circumference of the Earth at the equator – by nearly 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km); Watson was nevertheless named the 2011 Young Australian of the Year and awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2012 for "...service to sailing and to youth through the achievement of sailing solo and unassisted around the world [sic], and as a role model for young Australians". As of November 2022, she resides in Melbourne. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jessica Watson has received more than 3,173,076 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Jessica Watson is the 3,177th most popular athlete (up from 3,976th in 2019), the 594th most popular biography from Australia (up from 787th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Australian Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jessica Watson ranks 3,177 out of 6,025. Before her are Josia Thugwane, Fabiana, Petra Behle, Julio César La Cruz, Siegfried Wentz, and Juliet Cuthbert. After her are German Titov, Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova, Eileen Hiscock, Masato, Daniel Müller, and Ivet Lalova-Collio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1993, Jessica Watson ranks 250. Before her are Ariana Marie, Ismail Musukaev, Mark Flekken, Berat Djimsiti, Nicolás López, and Moussa Konaté. After her are Badr Banoun, Alicia von Rittberg, Sam Kerr, Zakaria Labyad, Jackson Irvine, and Vincent Poirier.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Jessica Watson ranks 594 out of 1,143. Before her are Ian Chappell (1943), Simon Gerrans (1980), Chilla Porter (1936), Simmone Jade Mackinnon (1973), Jennifer Hawkins (1983), and Brittany Byrnes (1987). After her are Rhea Ripley (1996), Luc Longley (1969), Callan McAuliffe (1995), Michael Matthews (1990), Sam Kerr (1993), and Catriona Gray (1994).

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Among ATHLETES In Australia

Among athletes born in Australia, Jessica Watson ranks 45. Before her are Robert de Castella (1957), Andrew Hoy (1959), Marlene Mathews (1934), Tony Madigan (1930), Brenda Jones (1936), and Chilla Porter (1936). After her are Steve Hooker (1982), Rick Mitchell (1955), Emma Snowsill (1981), Glynis Nunn (1960), Lisa Martin (1960), and Eleanor Patterson (1996).

Australian born Athletes

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