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Lorraine Crapp

1938 - Today

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Lorraine Joyce Thurlow, (born 1 October 1938), née Crapp, is a former Olympic swimming champion representing Australia. In world swimming history, Crapp earned a place as the first woman to break the five-minute barrier in the 400 m freestyle. Born in 1938, as a young girl Crapp lived with her parents at Jervis Bay where her father was with a Royal Australian Air Force Air Sea Rescue Unit. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lorraine Crapp has received more than 68,229 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Lorraine Crapp is the 2,528th most popular athlete (down from 1,954th in 2019), the 472nd most popular biography from Australia (down from 439th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Australian Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Lorraine Crapp ranks 2,528 out of 6,025. Before her are Jeremy Wariner, Ekaterini Thanou, Noah Lyles, Agafia Constantin, Olga Homeghi, and Constance Titus. After her are Vyacheslav Yanovskiy, Geir Moen, Pilar Roldán, Károly Takács, Charles Vinci, and Jan Wienese.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Lorraine Crapp ranks 596. Before her are Peter Yarrow, Ernie Pieterse, Joan Blackman, Stanley Fish, Bobby Charles, and Julie Felix. After her are Terrence McNally, Les Murray, Eduard Ivanov, James Gunn, Sam Nunn, and Gus Johnson.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Lorraine Crapp ranks 472 out of 1,143. Before her are DBC Pierre (1961), Mary Augusta Ward (1851), Ernest Chapman (1926), Mervyn Wood (1917), Louis Mandylor (1966), and Rodney Brooks (1954). After her are Edith Cowan (1861), Shane Warne (1969), Les Murray (1938), Suzanne Cory (1942), June Maston (1928), and Liane Moriarty (1966).

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Among ATHLETES In Australia

Among athletes born in Australia, Lorraine Crapp ranks 28. Before her are Ralph Doubell (1945), John Landy (1930), Michael Wenden (1949), Al Lawrence (1930), Ernest Chapman (1926), and Mervyn Wood (1917). After her are June Maston (1928), Tim Forsyth (1973), Jenny Lamy (1949), Kate Allen (1970), Nathan Deakes (1977), and Robert de Castella (1957).

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