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Michelle Smith

1969 - Today

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Michelle Smith de Bruin (born 16 December 1969) is an Irish lawyer and retired Olympic swimmer. She won three gold medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, for the 400 m individual medley, 400 m freestyle and 200 m individual medley, and also won the bronze medal for the 200 m butterfly event. Smith's rise to dominance in the 1995 European Championships, followed by her wins in Atlanta, all at a relatively advanced age for swimmers, were marked by allegations of doping that were never proven. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michelle Smith has received more than 640,597 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Michelle Smith is the 308th most popular swimmer (down from 215th in 2019), the 448th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 418th in 2019) and the most popular Irish Swimmer.

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  • 640k

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  • 42.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Michelle Smith ranks 308 out of 709. Before her are Károly Güttler, Lin Li, Anita Lonsbrough, Teófilo Yldefonso, Yang Wenyi, and Daniela Hunger. After her are Jason Lezak, Gustavo Borges, Yuliya Yefimova, Manuela Stellmach, Le Jingyi, and Caeleb Dressel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Michelle Smith ranks 871. Before her are Fernando Cornejo, Gert-Jan Segers, Nandita Das, Joaquín del Olmo, Katie Hobbs, and Stephanie Savage. After her are Hugo Brizuela, Ander Garitano, Rebecca Walker, Neelam Kothari, Simon Kuper, and Claudio Úbeda.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Michelle Smith ranks 448 out of 549. Before her are Frank Kelly (1938), Steve Staunton (1969), Eve Hewson (1991), Eimear Quinn (1972), Francis Magee (1959), and Nicola Coughlan (1987). After her are Christopher Juul-Jensen (1989), Kevin Moran (1956), Keith Wood (1972), Victoria Smurfit (1974), Matt Doherty (1992), and Charlie McCreevy (1949).

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Among SWIMMERS In Ireland

Among swimmers born in Ireland, Michelle Smith ranks 1. After her are Mona McSharry (2000), Puch Hem (1999), Brendan Hyland (1994), and Darragh Greene (1995).

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