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Lillian Board

1948 - 1970

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Lillian Barbara Board, (13 December 1948 – 26 December 1970) was a British athlete. She won the silver medal in the 400 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, and two gold medals at the 1969 European Championships in Athletics in Athens. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lillian Board has received more than 277,570 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Lillian Board is the 1,614th most popular athlete (up from 1,629th in 2019), the 171st most popular biography from South Africa (up from 189th in 2019) and the 12th most popular South African Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 51.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Lillian Board ranks 1,614 out of 6,025. Before her are Mamdouh Elssbiay, Gelindo Bordin, Derartu Tulu, Hans Haas, Francisco Fernández, and Jorge Llopart. After her are Erich Herrmann, Hanns Kilian, James Wilson, Klaus Reichert, Sandra Perković, and Butch Reynolds.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Lillian Board ranks 617. Before her are Viktor Krovopuskov, Kristina Lugn, Joe Roth, Sherry Turkle, Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, and Avi Toledano. After her are Hilarion Kapral, Rubén Glaria, Sharon Stouder, Claude Vivier, Gennadi Gagulia, and Saroj Khan. Among people deceased in 1970, Lillian Board ranks 239. Before her are Vilhelm Carlberg, Okuro Oikawa, A. H. M. Jones, Don Finlay, Adolf Wiklund, and Jun'ichi Kōuchi. After her are Maurice Stokes, John T. Scopes, Laura Knight, William Hopper, Keen Johnson, and Teofilo Spasojević.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Lillian Board ranks 171 out of 454. Before her are Candice Swanepoel (1988), Richard Goldstone (1938), Gordon Hodgson (1904), Paddy Driver (1934), Trevor Blokdyk (1935), and Liezel Huber (1976). After her are David Carstens (1914), Ahmed Kathrada (1929), Dimas (1969), Jackie Pretorius (1934), Robert Sobukwe (1924), and Antjie Krog (1952).

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Among ATHLETES In South Africa

Among athletes born in South Africa, Lillian Board ranks 12. Before her are Oscar Pistorius (1986), Sid Atkinson (1901), Bevil Rudd (1894), Marjorie Clark (1909), Stefan Mitrović (null), and Cecil McMaster (1895). After her are Lawrence Stevens (1913), Christian Gitsham (1888), Clarence Walker (1898), Leal (null), Wayde van Niekerk (1992), and Clarence Oldfield (1899).

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