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Mike Troy

1940 - 2019

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Michael Francis Troy (October 3, 1940 – August 3, 2019) was an American competitive swimmer, a two-time Olympic champion, and world record-holder in three events. The peak of Troy's swimming career occurred between 1959 and 1960 while he was coached by Doc Counsilman of the Indiana Hoosiers swimming and diving team at Indiana University. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, he won his first gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mike Troy has received more than 77,734 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Mike Troy is the 182nd most popular swimmer (down from 131st in 2019), the 12,356th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,561st in 2019) and the 67th most popular American Swimmer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 78k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Mike Troy ranks 182 out of 709. Before her are Brenda Helser, Kiki Caron, Rica Reinisch, Cecil Healy, László Cseh, and César Cielo. After her are Stephen Rerych, Doug Russell, Ute Geweniger, Jörg Woithe, Kathleen Nord, and Marie Corridon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Mike Troy ranks 579. Before her are Phil Lesh, Otacílio Gonçalves, Carole Ann Ford, Billy Fury, Mike Melvill, and Trevor Nunn. After her are William Ferguson, Mary Rand, Howard Hesseman, Cynthia Weil, Sotsha Dlamini, and Brian Labone. Among people deceased in 2019, Mike Troy ranks 544. Before her are Bill Macy, Ivor Broadis, Rosa María Britton, Miklós Ambrus, Fernando Ricksen, and Bogaletch Gebre. After her are Georgia Engel, Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock, Ted Lindsay, Morgan Woodward, Gert Frank, and Bernard Tchoullouyan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mike Troy ranks 12,356 out of 20,380. Before her are Pat Crowley (1933), Eric Allan Kramer (1962), Victoria Rowell (1959), Dash Mihok (1974), Christopher Moore (1957), and Todd Solondz (1959). After her are Countee Cullen (1903), Jake Thomas (1990), Sam Witwer (1977), Tyler Posey (1991), Charles King (1880), and William Farnum (1876).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Mike Troy ranks 67. Before her are Charlie Hickcox (1947), John Hencken (1954), Kaye Hall (1951), Steve Clark (1943), Bruce Furniss (1957), and Brenda Helser (1924). After her are Stephen Rerych (1946), Doug Russell (1946), Marie Corridon (1930), William Yorzyk (1933), Carl Robie (1945), and Jerry Heidenreich (1950).

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