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Michelle Ford

1962 - Today

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Michelle Jan Ford (born 15 July 1962) is an Australian former long-distance freestyle and butterfly swimmer of the 1970s and 1980s, who won a gold medal in the 800-metre freestyle, bronze in the 200-metre butterfly, and 4th in the 400-metres freestyle at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. She was the only non-Soviet bloc female swimmer to win an individual gold medal at the 1980 games. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michelle Ford has received more than 52,489 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Michelle Ford is the 370th most popular swimmer, the 747th most popular biography from Australia and the 27th most popular Australian Swimmer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 52k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 30.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Michelle Ford ranks 370 out of 709. Before her are Domenico Fioravanti, Yannick Agnel, Camille Lacourt, Arno Kamminga, Natalie du Toit, and Gregorio Paltrinieri. After her are Bruno Fratus, Jeanette Ottesen, Sharon van Rouwendaal, Lotte Friis, Kosuke Hagino, and Virginie Dedieu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Michelle Ford ranks 865. Before her are Michael Grenda, Takeshi Ono, Mark Leduc, Joe Kleine, Joe Crowley, and Deepa Sahi. After her are Sandra Farmer-Patrick, Gabriele Hegerl, Peter Elliott, Maurice Malpas, Todd Bennett, and Kerrith Brown.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Michelle Ford ranks 747 out of 1,143. Before her are Tony Vidmar (1970), Fearless Nadia (1908), Stuart Beattie (1971), Natalie Cook (1975), Baden Cooke (1978), and Jamie Dwyer (1979). After her are Eliza Scanlen (1999), Ryan Bayley (1982), Matthew Reilly (1974), Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu (1971), Emma Hewitt (1988), and Ricky Ponting (1974).

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Among SWIMMERS In Australia

Among swimmers born in Australia, Michelle Ford ranks 27. Before her are Sandra Morgan (1942), Bronte Barratt (1989), Grant Hackett (1980), Petria Thomas (1975), Brittany Elmslie (1994), and Shayne Reese (1982). After her are Libby Trickett (1985), Linda Mackenzie (1983), Kieren Perkins (1973), Duncan Armstrong (1968), Emma McKeon (1994), and Jessica Ashwood (1993).

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