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Rick Carey

1963 - Today

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Richard John Carey (born March 13, 1963) is an American former competition swimmer, three-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in three events. Carey specialized in the backstroke. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, he won three gold medals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rick Carey has received more than 66,375 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Rick Carey is the 358th most popular swimmer (down from 276th in 2019), the 17,386th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,441st in 2019) and the 120th most popular American Swimmer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 66k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Rick Carey ranks 358 out of 709. Before him are Mehdy Metella, Otylia Jędrzejczak, Katrin Meissner, Brendan Hansen, Brittany Elmslie, and Hugues Duboscq. After him are Daiya Seto, Amaury Leveaux, Thiago Pereira, Cameron van der Burgh, Filippo Magnini, and Liu Zige.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Rick Carey ranks 927. Before him are Shigeo Sawairi, Tracey E. Bregman, Urjit Patel, Sanjay Mishra, Debbie Armstrong, and Satoru Sakuma. After him are Jahangir Khan, Beezie Madden, Ian Holloway, Izumi Yokokawa, Mark Pryor, and Katherine Clark.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rick Carey ranks 17,386 out of 20,380. Before him are Taro Daniel (1993), Rob Pardo (1970), Jalen Rose (1973), Wallace Spearmon (1984), Michael Rady (1981), and Whitney Thompson (1987). After him are Wednesday 13 (1976), Nikki DeLoach (1979), Alex Meraz (1985), Margaret Spellings (1957), Miranda Lambert (1983), and Phife Dawg (1970).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Rick Carey ranks 120. Before him are Anthony Ervin (1981), David Berkoff (1966), Mary T. Meagher (1964), Gary Hall Jr. (1974), Sharon Wichman (1952), and Brendan Hansen (1981). After him are Rowdy Gaines (1959), Amy Van Dyken (1973), Steve Lundquist (1961), Nathan Adrian (1988), Nicole Haislett (1972), and Ian Crocker (1982).

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