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Penelope Heyns

1974 - Today

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Penelope ("Penny") Heyns OIS (born 8 November 1974) is a South African former swimmer, who is best known for being the only woman in the history of the Olympic Games to have won both the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events – at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games – making her South Africa's first post-apartheid Olympic gold medallist following South Africa's re-admission to the Games in 1992. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Penelope Heyns has received more than 159,437 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Penelope Heyns is the 343rd most popular swimmer (down from 285th in 2019), the 333rd most popular biography from South Africa (down from 300th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular South African Swimmer.

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  • 160k

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  • 31.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Penelope Heyns ranks 343 out of 709. Before her are Anastasia Davydova, Tom Dean, Anthony Ervin, David Berkoff, Mary T. Meagher, and Siobhán Haughey. After her are Ye Shiwen, Gary Hall Jr., Sharon Wichman, Maarten van der Weijden, Petria Thomas, and Mehdy Metella.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Penelope Heyns ranks 862. Before her are Sami Salo, Chad Hugo, Kelly Jones, Ludmila Formanová, Carolyn Murphy, and Edmilson Carlos Abel. After her are Fardeen Khan, Nobuyuki Oishi, Francisco Rojas Rojas, Ronan Le Crom, Gary Hall Jr., and Beckie Scott.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Penelope Heyns ranks 333 out of 454. Before her are Shaun Morgan (1978), Chad le Clos (1992), Matthew Ebden (1987), Bok van Blerk (1978), Tammin Sursok (1983), and Raven Klaasen (1982). After her are Jacob Lekgetho (1974), Moeneeb Josephs (1980), Chanelle Scheepers (1984), Andre Arendse (1967), Natalie Grandin (1981), and Craig Johnston (1960).

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Among SWIMMERS In South Africa

Among swimmers born in South Africa, Penelope Heyns ranks 3. Before her are Joan Harrison (1935), and Chad le Clos (1992). After her are Cameron van der Burgh (1988), Natalie du Toit (1984), Roland Schoeman (1980), Tatjana Schoenmaker (1997), Tamsin Cook (1998), Keri-anne Payne (1987), Michael Houlie (2000), Tyler Christianson (2001), and Michelle Weber (1996).

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