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Queenie Newall

1854 - 1929

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Sybil Fenton Newall (17 October 1854 – 24 June 1929), best known as Queenie Newall, was an English archer who won the gold medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. She was 53 years old at the time, still the oldest female gold medal winner at the Olympic Games. Great Britain did not win another women's archery medal at the Olympics until 2004. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Queenie Newall has received more than 26,855 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Queenie Newall is the 1,647th most popular athlete (down from 1,573rd in 2019), the 5,017th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,187th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular British Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 27k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Queenie Newall ranks 1,647 out of 6,025. Before her are Paula Marosi, Alejandro Casañas, Bernard Malivoire, Jadwiga Wajs, Folke Alnevik, and Róbert Antal. After her are Vladimír Růžička, Kálmán Markovits, Gerd Kanter, Jakov Fak, Nijolė Sabaitė, and Taisia Chenchik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Queenie Newall ranks 119. Before her are William C. Gorgas, Dukinfield Henry Scott, Ernest Belfort Bax, Rafael López Gutiérrez, Jan Sztolcman, and Hjalmar Mellin. After her are Birt Acres, Annie Lorrain Smith, Arthur Barclay, Johan Ludvig Heiberg, Edward Carson, and George Whitefield Chadwick. Among people deceased in 1929, Queenie Newall ranks 134. Before her are Sigurd Jørgensen, Karel van de Woestijne, Jean-Baptiste Mimiague, Daniel Barringer, Juan Antonio Escurra, and José Vicente Concha. After her are Robert Reid, Nurkhon Yuldashkhojayeva, Gladys Brockwell, Birger Sjöberg, Rebeca Matte Bello, and Joseph Smit.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Queenie Newall ranks 5,017 out of 8,785. Before her are Gordon Thomas (1921), John Betjeman (1906), Katie Johnson (1878), Steve Archibald (1956), Eva Crane (1912), and George Grove (1820). After her are Anne Dudley (1956), Wendy Barrie (1912), Peter Lord (1953), Samuel Plimsoll (1824), Peter Cook (1937), and Gertrude Lawrence (1898).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Queenie Newall ranks 62. Before her are James Wilson (1891), Stan Vickers (1932), John Fenning (1885), Sheila Lerwill (1928), Mary Peters (1939), and Dorothy Shirley (1939). After her are Gordon Pirie (1931), Ann Packer (1942), Audrey Williamson (1926), Peter Wright (1970), David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905), and George Cornet (1877).

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