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Mary Rand

1940 - Today

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Mary Denise Rand, MBE (née Bignal; born 10 February 1940) is a British former track and field athlete. She won the long jump at the 1964 Summer Olympics by breaking the world record, the first British female to win an Olympic gold medal in track and field. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Rand has received more than 224,560 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Mary Rand is the 2,274th most popular athlete (down from 1,643rd in 2019), the 5,792nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,287th in 2019) and the 89th most popular British Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Mary Rand ranks 2,274 out of 6,025. Before her are John Walker, Sabine John, Viktor Bryzhin, Wolfgang Mager, Wally Kinnear, and Tsvetanka Khristova. After her are Johann Passler, Moses Kiptanui, Olle Larsson, Valentina Nikonova, August Rodenberg, and Natalya Sokolova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Mary Rand ranks 581. Before her are Carole Ann Ford, Billy Fury, Mike Melvill, Trevor Nunn, Mike Troy, and William Ferguson. After her are Howard Hesseman, Cynthia Weil, Sotsha Dlamini, Brian Labone, Tommy Troelsen, and Chet Walker.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mary Rand ranks 5,792 out of 8,785. Before her are David Lack (1910), Stuart Christie (1946), Ethelwynn Trewavas (1900), Wally Kinnear (1880), Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill (1772), and Sidney Lee (1859). After her are Bill Slater (1927), Maxi Priest (1961), Charles Stross (1964), Levi Colwill (2003), John Gribbin (1946), and Robin Montgomerie-Charrington (1915).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Mary Rand ranks 89. Before her are Thelma Hopkins (1936), Paul Nihill (1939), Gerald Logan (1879), Lynn Davies (1942), Barbara Burke (1917), and Wally Kinnear (1880). After her are Maureen Gardner (1928), Daley Thompson (1958), Jayne Torvill (1957), Gladys Davis (1893), Chris Tomlinson (1981), and David Hemery (1944).

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