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Sheila Sherwood

1945 - Today

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Sheila Sherwood (born Sheila Hilary Parkin, 22 October 1945 in Parson Cross, Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England) is a former international long jumper whose career highlights included a silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico, and a gold medal at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sheila Sherwood has received more than 30,588 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Sheila Sherwood is the 3,249th most popular athlete (down from 2,322nd in 2019), the 6,728th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,138th in 2019) and the 114th most popular British Athlete.

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  • 43.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Sheila Sherwood ranks 3,249 out of 6,025. Before her are Wilfred Bungei, Katrin Apel, Orlando Duque, Vladimir Alikin, Maria Cioncan, and Derrick Adkins. After her are Nikolay Gulyayev, Anette Norberg, Ioamnet Quintero, Anastasia Kelesidou, Kelsey-Lee Barber, and Sheila Ingram.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Sheila Sherwood ranks 686. Before her are Stella Obasanjo, Liam O'Flynn, Jim Doyle, Fife Symington, Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn, and Robert Olen Butler. After her are Peter Storey, Tom Tancredo, Monster of Florence, Clifton Davis, and Oliver Hoare.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sheila Sherwood ranks 6,728 out of 8,785. Before her are Paloma Faith (1981), Cahal Daly (1917), Andy Roxburgh (1943), Rory McIlroy (1989), Samantha Cameron (1971), and Paul Whitehouse (1958). After her are Eddie Turnbull (1923), Peter Wilson (1947), Nigel Clough (1966), Derek Dougan (1938), Sean Maguire (1976), and Peter Heather (1960).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Sheila Sherwood ranks 114. Before her are Peter Radford (1939), Carole Quinton (1936), Eileen Hiscock (1909), Alan Pascoe (1947), Walter D'Hondt (1936), and Brendan Foster (1948). After her are Nellie Halstead (1910), Jean Pickering (1929), Kirsten Barnes (1968), Dorothy Hyman (1941), Richard Meade (1938), and Enrico Rossi (null).

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