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Penny Oleksiak

2000 - Today

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Penelope Oleksiak (born June 13, 2000) is a Canadian competitive swimmer. Nicknamed "Magic Penny", she is one of her country's most decorated Olympians. Oleksiak rose to fame during the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she became the first Canadian to win four medals in the same Summer Games, and the country's youngest Olympic champion with her gold medal win in the 100 m freestyle. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Penny Oleksiak has received more than 1,583,463 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Penny Oleksiak is the 727th most popular swimmer (down from 423rd in 2019), the 1,615th most popular biography from Canada (down from 1,284th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Canadian Swimmer.

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  • 29.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Penny Oleksiak ranks 727 out of 709Before her are Denis Petrashov, Kareena Lee, Haley Anderson, James Magnussen, Richárd Bohus, and Ádám Telegdy. After her are Kelsi Dahlia, Martin Malyutin, Oussama Sahnoune, Kristian Golomeev, Fantine Lesaffre, and Jacqueline Simoneau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 2000, Penny Oleksiak ranks 465Before her are Alhassan Yusuf, Hannah Neise, Denis Petrashov, Alex Szőke, Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya, and Giulian Biancone. After her are Huang Zhangjiayang, Koki Morita, Bobby Prince, Jun Chen, Anton Borodachev, and Elena Andreicheva.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Penny Oleksiak ranks 1,615 out of 1,622Before her are Sophiane Méthot (1998), Sophie Schmidt (1988), Dayne St. Clair (1997), Sharon Fichman (1990), Michelle Creber (1999), and Grant Fisher (1997). After her are Shannon Chan-Kent (1988), Evelyne Viens (1997), Rene Bourque (1981), Heather Bansley (1987), Jacqueline Simoneau (1996), and Mandy Bujold (1987).

Among SWIMMERS In Canada

Among swimmers born in Canada, Penny Oleksiak ranks 13Before her are Brent Hayden (1983), Mark Tewksbury (1968), Katerine Savard (1993), Kylie Masse (1996), Ryan Cochrane (1988), and Summer McIntosh (2006). After her are Jacqueline Simoneau (1996), Yuri Kisil (1995), Hilary Caldwell (1991), Joshua Liendo (2002), Mary-Sophie Harvey (1999), and Rebecca Smith (2000).