SWIMMER

Katalin Szőke

1935 - 2017

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Katalin Szőke (17 August 1935 – 27 October 2017) was a Hungarian swimmer. She competed at the 1952 Olympics and won two gold medals, in the 100 m and 4 × 100 m freestyle events. Two years later she repeated that success at the 1954 European Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Katalin Szőke has received more than 24,446 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Katalin Szőke is the 22nd most popular swimmer (up from 23rd in 2019), the 452nd most popular biography from Hungary (up from 469th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Hungarian Swimmer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Katalin Szőke ranks 22 out of 709. Before her are George Kojac, Ken Walsh, Otto Wahle, Charles Daniels, Don Schollander, and Arvo Aaltonen. After her are George Hodgson, Ilona Novák, Helen Johns, István Bárány, Kornelia Ender, and Đurđica Bjedov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Katalin Szőke ranks 280. Before her are Tarcísio Meira, Brian G. Hutton, Karen Spärck Jones, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Ronald Lacey, and Michael Winner. After her are Pjetër Arbnori, Gary Peacock, Gundi Busch, Elisabeth Rehn, Jacques Gaillot, and Bill Brack. Among people deceased in 2017, Katalin Szőke ranks 289. Before her are François Van der Elst, Carlos Alberto Silva, Oleg Vidov, Yaakov Neeman, Geoff Nicholls, and Ueli Steck. After her are Darlene Cates, Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Hrvoje Šarinić, Anthony Harvey, Paul G. Comba, and József Tóth.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Katalin Szőke ranks 452 out of 1,077. Before her are Lajos Détári (1963), Antal Nagy (1944), Kató Lomb (1909), László Paskai (1927), Moshe Sanbar (1926), and András Adorján (1950). After her are Vera T. Sós (1930), Imre Frivaldszky (1799), Béla Sárosi (1919), Zsuzsa Koncz (1946), Gyula Breyer (1893), and Tamás Vásáry (1933).

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Among SWIMMERS In Hungary

Among swimmers born in Hungary, Katalin Szőke ranks 3. Before her are Johnny Weissmuller (1904), and Alfréd Hajós (1878). After her are Ilona Novák (1925), István Bárány (1907), Ferenc Csik (1913), Éva Novák-Gerard (1930), Judit Temes (1930), Imre Zachár (1890), Géza Kádas (1926), Valéria Gyenge (1933), and Elemér Szathmáry (1926).

Hungarian born Swimmers

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