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Mary Rand

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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 190,085 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Rand is the 1,644th most popular athlete (down from 992nd in 2019), the 5,299th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,718th in 2019) and the 59th most popular British Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Mary Rand ranks 1,644 out of 3,059. Before her are Herbert Adamski, Piet Kleine, Mutaz Essa Barshim, Fernand Jourdant, Lawrence Shields, and Milt Campbell. After her are Obadele Thompson, John Ngugi, Hannu Siitonen, Mae Faggs, Lou Jones, and Victor Sonnemans.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Mary Rand ranks 520. Before her are Otacílio Gonçalves, Bill Hunter, Alexei Panshin, Asrani, Carole Ann Ford, and Igor Romishevsky. After her are Don LaFontaine, Ken Fletcher, James Burrows, Brian Labone, Terry McDermott, and Bob Knight.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mary Rand ranks 5,299 out of 7,765. Before her are Brian Cox (1968), Gillian Gilbert (1961), Martin Atkinson (1971), Cleo Laine (1927), John Waite (1952), and Kwame Anthony Appiah (1954). After her are Raquel Cassidy (1968), Arthur Owen (1915), Ann Sidney (1944), Jonny Evans (1988), Alex McLeish (1959), and Gary McAllister (1964).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Mary Rand ranks 59. Before her are Daley Thompson (1958), Steve Ovett (1955), David Jacobs (1888), Queenie Newall (1854), Allan Wells (1952), and Fiona May (1969). After her are Lynn Davies (1942), Willie Applegarth (1890), Adrian Metcalfe (1942), Barbara Burke (1917), Janet Simpson (1944), and Ann Packer (1942).

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