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Joan Harrison

1935 - Today

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Joan Cynthia Harrison (later Breetzke, born 29 November 1935) is a retired South African swimmer who won the 100 m backstroke event at the 1952 Olympics. Harrison's mother was a swimmer and her father played rugby. Joan went to Clarendon High School for Girls in East London. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joan Harrison has received more than 7,059 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Joan Harrison is the 164th most popular swimmer (down from 83rd in 2019), the 203rd most popular biography from South Africa (down from 172nd in 2019) and the most popular South African Swimmer.

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  • 41.75

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  • 19

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  • 5.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Joan Harrison ranks 164 out of 709. Before her are Károly Bartha, Charlie Hickcox, Ines Diers, Krisztina Egerszegi, Nikolai Pankin, and John Hencken. After her are Anthony Nesty, Sarah Sjöström, Caren Metschuck, Kaye Hall, Novella Calligaris, and Katsuo Takaishi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Joan Harrison ranks 503. Before her are Michael Wheeler, Hermann Nuber, Jürgen Werner, Manfred Germar, Anne Reid, and Ferenc Török. After her are Janne Stefansson, Bob Denver, Bertil Johansson, Lucile Wheeler, Arnold Kopelson, and Ron Springett.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Joan Harrison ranks 203 out of 454. Before her are Thomas Shardelow (1931), Robert Fowler (1931), Kimbal Musk (1972), David Benatar (1966), Phillip V. Tobias (1925), and Damon Galgut (1963). After her are Guy Tunmer (1948), Eddie Keizan (1944), Luki Botha (1930), Maggie Laubser (1886), Phil Masinga (1969), and Sid James (1913).

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Among SWIMMERS In South Africa

Among swimmers born in South Africa, Joan Harrison ranks 1. After her are Chad le Clos (1992), Penelope Heyns (1974), Cameron van der Burgh (1988), Natalie du Toit (1984), Roland Schoeman (1980), Tatjana Schoenmaker (1997), Tamsin Cook (1998), Keri-anne Payne (1987), Brad Tandy (1991), Martin Binedell (1995), and Pieter Coetze (2004).

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