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Shirley Babashoff

1957 - Today

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Shirley Frances Babashoff (born January 31, 1957) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in multiple events. Babashoff set six world records and earned a total of nine Olympic medals in her career. She won a gold medal in the 400-meter freestyle relay in both the 1972 and 1976 Olympics, and she won the 1975 world championship in both the 200-meter and 400-meter freestyle. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shirley Babashoff has received more than 160,674 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Shirley Babashoff is the 145th most popular swimmer, the 13,458th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,129th in 2019) and the 48th most popular American Swimmer.

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  • 160k

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  • 35.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Shirley Babashoff ranks 145 out of 392. Before her are Cathy Ferguson, Melissa Belote, John Hencken, Paul Biedermann, Alain Bernard, and Pernille Blume. After her are Sandy Neilson, Lars Frölander, Zoltán Verrasztó, Milorad Čavić, Jenny Thompson, and Doug Russell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Shirley Babashoff ranks 596. Before her are Aki Karvonen, Mark Gordon, Satoru Otomo, Irina Nazarova, Peeter Järvelaid, and Vasyl Arkhypenko. After her are Wendy Freedman, Jermaine Stewart, Taylor Negron, William G. Gregory, Yoshiyuki Matsuoka, and David Beasley.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Shirley Babashoff ranks 13,458 out of 18,182. Before her are Katharine McPhee (1984), Danielle Campbell (1995), Steven López (1978), Lauren Ambrose (1978), Annalise Basso (1998), and Dante Basco (1975). After her are Terry Date (1956), Ted Jensen (1954), David Hayter (1969), Paula Deen (1947), Tony Anselmo (1960), and Jeremy Wariner (1984).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Shirley Babashoff ranks 48. Before her are Allison Schmitt (1990), Sybil Bauer (1903), Mike Troy (1940), Cathy Ferguson (1948), Melissa Belote (1956), and John Hencken (1954). After her are Sandy Neilson (1956), Milorad Čavić (1984), Jenny Thompson (1973), Doug Russell (1946), Aaron Peirsol (1983), and Kaye Hall (1951).

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