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Shane Gould

1956 - Today

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Shane Elizabeth Gould (born 23 November 1956) is an Australian former competition swimmer. She won three gold medals, a silver medal and a bronze, at the 1972 Summer Olympics, becoming the first woman swimmer to win five individual medals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shane Gould has received more than 601,661 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Shane Gould is the 190th most popular swimmer (down from 158th in 2019), the 443rd most popular biography from Australia (up from 482nd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Australian Swimmer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 600k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Shane Gould ranks 190 out of 709. Before her are Doug Russell, Ute Geweniger, Jörg Woithe, Kathleen Nord, Marie Corridon, and William Yorzyk. After her are Carl Robie, Enith Brigitha, Paul Biedermann, Jerry Heidenreich, Kevin Berry, and Yana Klochkova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Shane Gould ranks 603. Before her are Gert Frank, Hart Bochner, David Wolf, Paige O'Hara, Tom Irwin, and Ursula Plassnik. After her are Bjarni Friðriksson, Cristóbal Ortega, Gerry Peyton, Vadão, Philippe Mahut, and Sanda Toma.

Others Born in 1956

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Shane Gould ranks 443 out of 1,143. Before her are Mark Woodforde (1965), John Pyper-Ferguson (1964), Josephine Langford (1997), Delta Goodrem (1984), Viva Bianca (1983), and Gemma Ward (1987). After her are Xavier Samuel (1983), Craig Gillespie (1967), Dustin Clare (1982), David A. Sinclair (1969), Kevin Berry (1945), and Brett Emerton (1979).

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Among SWIMMERS In Australia

Among swimmers born in Australia, Shane Gould ranks 12. Before her are Leslie Boardman (1889), Faith Leech (1941), Clare Dennis (1916), Harold Hardwick (1888), Mina Wylie (1891), and Cecil Healy (1881). After her are Kevin Berry (1945), Gail Neall (1955), Boy Charlton (1907), Jon Henricks (1935), David Theile (1938), and Ian O'Brien (1947).

Australian born Swimmers

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