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Margaret Woodbridge

1902 - 1995

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Margaret Darling Woodbridge (January 6, 1902 – February 23, 1995), also known by her married name Margaret Presley, was an American competition swimmer for the Detroit Athletic Club, a 1920 Antwerp Olympic gold medalist, and a world record-holder. She was a member of the first U.S. Olympic Women's swimming team. Swimming for the Detroit Athletic Club, she finished first at the Women's Aquatic Club 4-mile swim in Michigan with a time of 1:09.13, over two minutes ahead of her closest competitor, Euphrasia Donnely. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Margaret Woodbridge has received more than 18,331 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Margaret Woodbridge is the 75th most popular swimmer (down from 73rd in 2019), the 8,142nd most popular biography from United States (up from 9,619th in 2019) and the 29th most popular American Swimmer.

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  • 1.66

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Margaret Woodbridge ranks 75 out of 709. Before her are Pontus Hanson, Chris von Saltza, Norman Ross, Helene Madison, Tini Wagner, and Imre Zachár. After her are Maria Vierdag, Tetsuo Okamoto, Matt Biondi, Åke Borg, Géza Kádas, and Melissa Belote.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Margaret Woodbridge ranks 272. Before her are Skip James, Nikolaus Pevsner, Bronisław Kaper, Veli Saarinen, Paavo Yrjölä, and Russinho. After her are Isidoro Sota, Antonio Maquilón, Beryl Markham, Brian Aherne, Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw, and Chill Wills. Among people deceased in 1995, Margaret Woodbridge ranks 266. Before her are Sony Lab'ou Tansi, George Stibitz, Henry Roth, John Peters Humphrey, George Abbott, and Sergei Grinkov. After her are Paul A. Rothchild, José Luis González Dávila, Phil Harris, Maino Neri, Sabir Yunusov, and Stephen Spender.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Margaret Woodbridge ranks 8,142 out of 20,380. Before her are Flavor Flav (1959), Joan Shawlee (1926), Chris Owen (1980), Christopher Browning (1944), Johnnie Parsons (1918), and Paul Creston (1906). After her are Cliff Edwards (1895), Mike Farrell (1939), Robert M. La Follette (1855), Faith Domergue (1924), Blossom Rock (1895), and Ken Howard (1944).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Margaret Woodbridge ranks 29. Before her are Lynn Burke (1943), Cathy Ferguson (1948), Bill Smith (1924), Chris von Saltza (1944), Norman Ross (1895), and Helene Madison (1913). After her are Matt Biondi (1965), Melissa Belote (1956), Don McKenzie (1947), David Hammond (1881), Eleanor Garatti (1909), and Helen Wainwright (1906).

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