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Leisel Jones

1985 - Today

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Leisel Marie Jones, OAM (born 30 August 1985) is an Australian former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medallist. A participant in the 2000 Summer Olympics – at just 15 years old – and 2004 Summer Olympics, she was part of gold-medal-winning Australian team in the women's 4×100-metre medley relay at the Athens Games in 2004 and a gold medallist for 100-metre breaststroke in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. On 17 March 2012, Jones earned selection to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, and became the first Australian swimmer to compete at four Olympic games. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leisel Jones has received more than 430,250 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Leisel Jones is the 535th most popular swimmer (down from 372nd in 2019), the 953rd most popular biography from Australia (down from 781st in 2019) and the 44th most popular Australian Swimmer.

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  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 24.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Leisel Jones ranks 535 out of 709Before her are Mie Nielsen, Jérémy Desplanches, Kaylee McKeown, Andrey Grechin, Vlada Chigireva, and Stanislav Donets. After her are Elvira Khasyanova, Gemma Spofforth, Nicolò Martinenghi, Giedrius Titenis, Cameron McEvoy, and Mélanie Henique.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Leisel Jones ranks 1,370Before her are Drashti Dhami, Wayne Routledge, Denis Onyango, Curtis Davies, Ambati Rayudu, and Kasper Winther Jørgensen. After her are Antonio Carlos da Silva Neto, Femi Opabunmi, Kristof Wilke, Lars Nelson, Annette Gerritsen, and Marie Marchand-Arvier.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Leisel Jones ranks 953 out of 1,143Before her are Gigi Edgley (1977), Lucas Hamilton (1996), Storm Hunter (1994), Kaylee McKeown (2001), Matthew Mitcham (1988), and Montaigne (1995). After her are Anna Meares (1983), Jessica Moore (1990), Mallory Jansen (1988), Jay McCarthy (1992), Cameron McEvoy (1994), and James Duckworth (1992).

Among SWIMMERS In Australia

Among swimmers born in Australia, Leisel Jones ranks 44Before her are Ariarne Titmus (2000), Eamon Sullivan (1985), Samantha Riley (1972), Mollie O'Callaghan (2004), Melanie Schlanger (1986), and Kaylee McKeown (2001). After her are Cameron McEvoy (1994), Alicia Coutts (1987), Brenton Rickard (1983), Matt Welsh (1976), Kyle Chalmers (1998), and Stephanie Rice (1988).