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 her voyage did not meet the distance criterion of 21,600 nautical miles (40,000 km) for a circumnavigation, 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". She currently resides in Melbourne. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jessica Watson has received more than 2,831,904 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Jessica Watson is the 3,027th most popular athlete (up from 3,976th in 2019), the 589th most popular biography from Australia (up from 787th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Australian Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jessica Watsons by language

Over the past year Jessica Watson has had the most page views in the with 683,283 views, followed by German (66,447), and French (61,461). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Turkish (242,100.00%), Basque (51.73%), and Simple English (35.88%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jessica Watson ranks 3,027 out of 6,025. Before her are Stefano Tempesti, Josia Thugwane, 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 248. Before her are Arthur Masuaku, Ariana Marie, 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.

Others Born in 1993

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Jessica Watson ranks 589 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 40. 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).

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