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Mark Spitz

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Mark Andrew Spitz (born February 10, 1950) is an American former competitive swimmer and nine-time Olympic champion. He was the most successful athlete at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, winning seven gold medals, each in world-record time. This achievement set a record that lasted for 36 years, until it was surpassed by fellow American Michael Phelps, who won eight golds at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mark Spitz has received more than 3,661,624 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Mark Spitz is the 2nd most popular swimmer (up from 3rd in 2019), the 1,354th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,316th in 2019) and the most popular American Swimmer.

Mark Spitz is most famous for winning 7 gold medals in the 1972 Munich Olympics.

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  • 3.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 63

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Mark Spitz ranks 2 out of 709. Before him are Johnny Weissmuller. After him are Michael Phelps, Alfréd Hajós, Gertrude Ederle, Amedee Reyburn, Duke Kahanamoku, Charles Devendeville, Rie Mastenbroek, Jimmy McLane, Fernand Feyaerts, and Roland Matthes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Mark Spitz ranks 58. Before him are Tsugumi Ohba, Vesna Vulović, Janez Drnovšek, Christina Onassis, Lakshmi Mittal, and Alan Silvestri. After him are Cybill Shepherd, Bjarne Stroustrup, Marianne Bachmeier, Amos Gitai, Sahle-Work Zewde, and John Candy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mark Spitz ranks 1,354 out of 20,380. Before him are Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. (1934), Anne Rice (1941), Alan J. Heeger (1936), Ray Kurzweil (1948), Linda Lee Cadwell (1945), and Frank Borman (1928). After him are John Mott (1865), Donald J. Cram (1919), Don King (1931), Stephanie Kwolek (1923), Cybill Shepherd (1950), and John Backus (1924).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Mark Spitz ranks 1. After him are Michael Phelps (1985), Gertrude Ederle (1905), Amedee Reyburn (1889), Duke Kahanamoku (1890), Jimmy McLane (1930), Aileen Riggin (1906), George Kojac (1910), Ken Walsh (1945), Charles Daniels (1885), Don Schollander (1946), and Helen Johns (1914).

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