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Kathleen Heddle

1965 - 2021

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Kathleen Joan Heddle, (November 27, 1965 – January 11, 2021) was a Canadian Olympic rower. She and her long-time rowing partner Marnie McBean were the first Canadians to be awarded three Olympic gold medals at the Summer Games. They also won a silver in double sculls at the 1994 World Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kathleen Heddle has received more than 122,700 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Kathleen Heddle is the 3,871st most popular athlete (down from 2,450th in 2019), the 1,111th most popular biography from Canada (down from 915th in 2019) and the 80th most popular Canadian Athlete.

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  • 20

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  • 4.37

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  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Kathleen Heddle ranks 3,871 out of 6,025Before her are Maria Martins, Patrick Favre, C. J. Hunter, Giuseppe Gibilisco, Alessandra Sensini, and Sándor Hódosi. After her are Marco Galiazzo, Beverly McDonald, Yamilé Aldama, Priscah Jeptoo, Lee Eun-kyung, and Olivera Jevtić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Kathleen Heddle ranks 884Before her are Diána Igaly, Yuji Ito, Shunzo Ono, Satoshi Kajino, Tony Drago, and Colin Hendry. After her are Kazuya Igarashi, Harvey Grant, Róger Gómez, Angelo Carlos Pretti, Grant Connell, and Nadine Capellmann. Among people deceased in 2021, Kathleen Heddle ranks 726Before her are Vadim Khamuttskikh, Sarah Harding, Angela Bailey, Peter Swan, Diána Igaly, and C. J. Hunter. After her are Todd Akin, Will Ryan, Stevan Jelovac, Álex Quiñónez, Ivo Georgiev, and Alfredo Moreno.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Kathleen Heddle ranks 1,111 out of 1,622Before her are Laura Regan (1977), Erica Cerra (1979), Dave Baksh (1980), Maria Martins (null), Kelly Olynyk (1991), and Craig Olejnik (1979). After her are David Paetkau (1972), Nolan Gerard Funk (1986), Kurt Browning (1966), Luke Ford (1981), Shenae Grimes (1989), and Sasha Clements (1990).

Among ATHLETES In Canada

Among athletes born in Canada, Kathleen Heddle ranks 80Before her are Chris Thompson (null), Shannon Crawford (1963), Jarome Iginla (1977), Aleksandr Bondar (null), Jean-Luc Brassard (1972), and Maria Martins (null). After her are Andre De Grasse (1994), Megan Delehanty (1968), Jasey-Jay Anderson (1975), Alysha Newman (1994), Simon Whitfield (1975), and Caroline Brunet (1969).