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Samantha Riley

1972 - Today

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Samantha Linette Pearl Riley (born 13 November 1972) is an Australian former competitive swimmer. She is of Aboriginal descent. She specialised in breaststroke and competed for Australia in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, winning three medals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samantha Riley has received more than 141,016 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Samantha Riley is the 503rd most popular swimmer (down from 417th in 2019), the 927th most popular biography from Australia (down from 832nd in 2019) and the 40th most popular Australian Swimmer.

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  • 140k

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  • 35.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Samantha Riley ranks 503 out of 709Before her are Lana Pudar, Cullen Jones, Mark Tewksbury, Farida Osman, Brooke Bennett, and Xu Jiayu. After her are Pál Joensen, Klete Keller, Danila Izotov, Huang Xuechen, Michelle Coleman, and Catherine Fox.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Samantha Riley ranks 1,100Before her are Tetsumasa Kimura, Shefali Shah, Kenji Koyama, Nobuhito Toriizuka, Tapan Kumar Pradhan, and Fred Hoiberg. After her are Steph Cook, Takashi Okuhara, Yoshinori Doi, Denílson Antônio Paludo, Malcolm Page, and Matt Kenseth.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Samantha Riley ranks 927 out of 1,143Before her are Barnaby Joyce (1967), Richard Garcia (1981), Nicholas Hamilton (2000), Steve Smith (1989), James Palmer (null), and Josh Giddey (2002). After her are Drew Ginn (1974), Jonathan McKain (1982), Kate Miller-Heidke (1981), Shane Perkins (1986), Lydia Lassila (1982), and Leeanna Walsman (1979).

Among SWIMMERS In Australia

Among swimmers born in Australia, Samantha Riley ranks 40Before her are Jessicah Schipper (1986), Jodie Henry (1983), Susie O'Neill (1973), Madeline Groves (1995), Ariarne Titmus (2000), and Eamon Sullivan (1985). After her are Mollie O'Callaghan (2004), Melanie Schlanger (1986), Kaylee McKeown (2001), Leisel Jones (1985), Cameron McEvoy (1994), and Alicia Coutts (1987).