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Natalie Coughlin

1982 - Today

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Natalie Anne Coughlin Hall (born August 23, 1982) is an American former competition swimmer and twelve-time Olympic medalist. While attending the University of California, Berkeley, she became the first woman ever to swim the 100-meter backstroke (long course) in less than one minute. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she became the first U.S. female athlete in modern Olympic history to win six medals in one Olympiad, and the first woman ever to win a 100-meter backstroke gold in two consecutive Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Natalie Coughlin has received more than 1,069,319 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Natalie Coughlin is the 466th most popular swimmer (down from 294th in 2019), the 18,578th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,613th in 2019) and the 133rd most popular American Swimmer.

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Natalie Coughlin ranks 466 out of 709. Before her are Jessicah Schipper, Theresa Andrews, Simona Quadarella, Andriy Govorov, Duncan Goodhew, and Éva Risztov. After her are Rafael Muñoz, Manon van Rooijen, Takeshi Matsuda, Kristel Köbrich, Danas Rapšys, and Pang Jiaying.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Natalie Coughlin ranks 1,126. Before her are Ákos Buzsáky, Johan Wissman, Grétar Steinsson, Logi Geirsson, Jon Foo, and Misty Upham. After her are Carla MacLeod, Eddie Griffin, Manon van Rooijen, Hiromichi Katano, Fabrício de Souza, and Johannes Bitter.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Natalie Coughlin ranks 18,578 out of 20,380. Before her are James Cerretani (1981), Cecily Strong (1984), Misty Upham (1982), George Hill (1986), Trick-Trick (1973), and Ashly Burch (1990). After her are Danny Ramirez (1992), Lacey Evans (1990), Yvonne Cagle (1959), Darrell Walker (1961), Eddie Griffin (1982), and Gabrielle Thomas (1996).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Natalie Coughlin ranks 133. Before her are Tom Malchow (1976), Jenna Johnson (1967), Nancy Hogshead-Makar (1962), Jessica Hardy (1987), Carrie Steinseifer (1968), and Theresa Andrews (1962). After her are Jeff Rouse (1970), Ryan Murphy (1995), Cullen Jones (1984), Farida Osman (1995), Brooke Bennett (1980), and Klete Keller (1982).

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