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Patricia McKillop

1956 - Today

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Patricia ("Pat") Jean McKillop, née Fraser, and now Buckle also simply known as Pat McKillop (born 15 July 1956) is a former field hockey player from Zimbabwe, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Because of the boycott led by the United States in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, only the Soviet team remained. The Soviets and international Olympic authorities then invited countries that had not qualified for the tournament. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patricia McKillop has received more than 34,314 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Patricia McKillop is the 5,221st most popular athlete (down from 3,908th in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Zimbabwe (down from 35th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Zimbabwean Athlete.

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  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Patricia McKillop ranks 5,221 out of 6,025Before her are Brianne Theisen-Eaton, Jin Ziwei, Reiko Tosa, Andreas Ihle, Simon Martirosyan, and Bianca Knight. After her are Simone Alessio, Dion Phaneuf, Meghan Agosta, Brigitte Foster-Hylton, Rachael Taylor, and Anamari Velenšek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Patricia McKillop ranks 820Before her are Bernard A. Harris Jr., Rebecca Kadaga, Tom McClintock, Oliver Letwin, Arundathi Nag, and Montel Williams. After her are Jim Talent, Anna Soubry, Lou Barletta, Kevin Meaney, Yekaterina Smirnova, and Johannes Pretorius.

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In Zimbabwe

Among people born in Zimbabwe, Patricia McKillop ranks 42 out of 45Before her are Tino Kadewere (1996), Sibusiso Moyo (1960), NoViolet Bulawayo (1981), Ann Grant (1955), Aleksandr Sergeyev (null), and Nyasha Mushekwi (1987). After her are Marvelous Nakamba (1994), Knowledge Musona (1987), Debora Patta (1964), Rachel Klamer (1990), Brendan Galloway (1996), and Mukhammadkarim Khurramov (1997).

Among ATHLETES In Zimbabwe

Among athletes born in Zimbabwe, Patricia McKillop ranks 6Before her are Liz Chase (1950), Susan Huggett (1954), Maureen George (1955), Ann Grant (1955), and Aleksandr Sergeyev (null). After her are Rachel Klamer (1990), Ngoni Makusha (1994), Taryn Mallett (1992), Dominique du Toit (1997), and Peter Purcell-Gilpin (1994).