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Penelope Heyns

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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 131,388 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Penelope Heyns is the 285th most popular swimmer (down from 262nd in 2019), the 301st most popular biography from South Africa (down from 268th in 2019) and the 5th most popular South African Swimmer.

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  • 130k

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  • 26.02

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Penelope Heyns ranks 285 out of 392Before her are Ferry Weertman, Joseph Schooling, Sara Isaković, Éva Risztov, Daniela Samulski, and Thiago Pereira. After her are Spyridon Gianniotis, David Wilkie, Svetlana Kolesnichenko, Takeshi Matsuda, Klete Keller, and Matti Mattsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Penelope Heyns ranks 890Before her are Atsushi Nagai, Fon Tanasoontorn, Gary Kelly, Tesfaye Tola, Akira Konno, and Hideaki Ozawa. After her are Fabinho, Raimkul Malakhbekov, Satoru Asari, Jin Sato, Beckie Scott, and Naoki Naruo.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Penelope Heyns ranks 301 out of 374Before her are Chanelle Scheepers (1984), Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (1989), Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters (1995), Natalie Grandin (1981), Katlego Mphela (1984), and Cameron Norrie (1995). After her are Lauren Beukes (1976), Wesley Moodie (1979), Andre Arendse (1967), Julius Malema (1981), Roland Schoeman (1980), and Raven Klaasen (1982).

Among SWIMMERS In South Africa

Among swimmers born in South Africa, Penelope Heyns ranks 5Before her are Joan Harrison (1935), Natalie du Toit (1984), Cameron van der Burgh (1988), and Chad le Clos (1992). After her are Roland Schoeman (1980) and Tatjana Schoenmaker (1997).