SWIMMER

Melissa Belote

1956 - Today

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Melissa Louise Belote (born October 16, 1956), also known by her current married name Melissa Belote Ripley, is an American former competition swimmer, three-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in two events. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Melissa Belote has received more than 48,466 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Melissa Belote is the 81st most popular swimmer (up from 140th in 2019), the 8,389th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,113th in 2019) and the 31st most popular American Swimmer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 48k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Melissa Belote ranks 81 out of 709. Before her are Margaret Woodbridge, Maria Vierdag, Tetsuo Okamoto, Matt Biondi, Åke Borg, and Géza Kádas. After her are Pieter van den Hoogenband, Don McKenzie, Vladimir Salnikov, Valéria Gyenge, Georg Zacharias, and David Hammond.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Melissa Belote ranks 381. Before her are Miguel Ángel Russo, Giampaolo Mazza, Peter Hook, Hussein Ahmed Salah, Anders Tegnell, and Barbara Bonney. After her are Henriette Reker, Kim Jong-hun, Ha Jin, David M. Brown, Kelly Curtis, and Vladimir Konstantinov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Melissa Belote ranks 8,389 out of 20,380. Before her are Madeleine L'Engle (1918), Gailard Sartain (1946), Robert L. Eichelberger (1886), Dominique Swain (1980), Mary Wilson (1944), and Chris Paul (1985). After her are Anna Thomson (1953), June Lockhart (1925), Charlie Murphy (1959), Martha Vickers (1925), Herbert Jamison (1875), and Johnny Rivers (1942).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Melissa Belote ranks 31. Before her are Bill Smith (1924), Chris von Saltza (1944), Norman Ross (1895), Helene Madison (1913), Margaret Woodbridge (1902), and Matt Biondi (1965). After her are Don McKenzie (1947), David Hammond (1881), Eleanor Garatti (1909), Helen Wainwright (1906), Allen Stack (1928), and Wally Ris (1924).

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