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Matt Richards

2002 - Today

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Matthew Richards (born 17 December 2002) is a British swimmer specialising in 100 and 200 metre freestyle, active internationally from 2020. He won the gold medal in the 200 metre freestyle at 2023 World Aquatics Championships, a silver in the 200 m freestyle at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Olympic gold in the 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics and World gold in the same event at the 2023 World Championships. Richards swam the third leg of the gold-medal winning Great Britain 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics, the first British team to win the event since 1908. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matt Richards has received more than 22,163 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Matt Richards is the 673rd most popular swimmer (down from 511th in 2019), the 8,614th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,731st in 2019) and the 32nd most popular British Swimmer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 22k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 16.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Matt Richards ranks 673 out of 709. Before him are Claire Curzan, Jazmin Carlin, Tamsin Cook, Blake Pieroni, Leah Smith, and James Wilby. After him are Hali Flickinger, Claire Donahue, Leah Neale, Keri-anne Payne, Luke Greenbank, and Cammile Adams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 2002, Matt Richards ranks 228. Before him are Briana Williams, Daria Snigur, George Bello, Anastasija Zolotic, Satoshi Tanaka, and Koshiro Sumi. After him are Rubin Colwill, Yamato Wakatsuki, Jordan Bos, Gaurika Singh, Nevin Harrison, and Torri Huske.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Matt Richards ranks 8,614 out of 8,785. Before him are Adam Matthews (1992), Eilidh Doyle (1987), Kevin Foley (1984), Gavin Hoyte (1990), James Wilby (1993), and Billy Jones (1987). After him are Sophie Hosking (1986), Ikechi Anya (1988), Lee Peltier (1986), Laura Bassett (1983), Danny Willett (1987), and Damien Johnson (1978).

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Among SWIMMERS In United Kingdom

Among swimmers born in United Kingdom, Matt Richards ranks 32. Before him are Ben Proud (1994), Andrew Wilson (1993), James Guy (1995), Kathleen Dawson (1997), Jazmin Carlin (1990), and James Wilby (1993). After him are Luke Greenbank (1997), Freya Anderson (2001), Fran Halsall (1990), Ross Murdoch (1994), Anna Hopkin (1996), and Hannah Miley (1989).

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