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Linda Watson

1955 - Today

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Linda Margaret Watson (born 15 September 1955) is a former field hockey player from Zimbabwe, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Watson was also one of Zimbabwe's top hurdlers and sprinters. Because of the boycott of the United States and other countries, only one team was available to compete in the Women's Field Hockey Tournament: the hosting USSR team. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Linda Watson has received more than 19,556 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Linda Watson is the 3,306th most popular athlete (down from 2,591st in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 20k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Linda Watson ranks 3,306 out of 6,025. Before her are Joyce Chepchumba, Juan Bautista Hernández Pérez, Yasmani Copello, Nataliya Dobrynska, Elvan Abeylegesse, and Robert Změlík. After her are Kamila Skolimowska, Daniele Scarpa, Li Tong, Pavol Hurajt, Redžep Redžepovski, and Nellie Halstead.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Linda Watson ranks 707. Before her are Mark Howe, Glenn Roeder, Rita Bhaduri, Cynthia McKinney, Maureen George, and Rajesh Roshan. After her are Jerry M. Linenger, James Edwards, Ernie Grunfeld, Mary Landrieu, Rebecca Blank, and Steve Wooddin.

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