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Ute Geweniger

1964 - Today

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Ute Geweniger (later Strauß, born 24 February 1964) is a former breaststroke and medley swimmer who was a leading member of the East German swimming team in the 1980s. She won two Olympic gold medals, in the 100 m breaststroke and 4×100 m medley relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and set seven individual and two relay world records. She was named by Swimming World Magazine as World Swimmer of the Year in 1983 and as the European Swimmer of the Year in 1981 and 1983. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ute Geweniger has received more than 36,513 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ute Geweniger is the 185th most popular swimmer (down from 121st in 2019), the 5,767th most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,110th in 2019) and the 21st most popular German Swimmer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 37k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ute Gewenigers by language

Over the past year Ute Geweniger has had the most page views in the with 2,875 views, followed by German (2,316), and Chinese (813). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Czech (69.87%), Ukrainian (35.50%), and Croatian (17.38%)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Ute Geweniger ranks 185 out of 709Before her are Cecil Healy, László Cseh, César Cielo, Mike Troy, Stephen Rerych, and Doug Russell. After her are Jörg Woithe, Kathleen Nord, Marie Corridon, William Yorzyk, Shane Gould, and Carl Robie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Ute Geweniger ranks 557Before her are Allen Covert, Paolo Virzì, Clara Rojas, Volodymyr Struk, Masaya Onosaka, and Nikolay Iliev. After her are Charles Stross, Raimo Helminen, Masha Rasputina, Gao Zhisheng, John Pyper-Ferguson, and Andrew Kevin Walker.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ute Geweniger ranks 5,767 out of 7,253Before her are Diego Contento (1990), Stefan Klos (1971), Jonathan Tah (1996), Kim Petras (1992), Marco Pezzaiuoli (1968), and Sabine John (1957). After her are Wolfgang Mager (1952), Marcus Nispel (1963), Ralf Rothmann (1953), Jörg Woithe (1963), Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich (1960), and Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell (1886).

Among SWIMMERS In Germany

Among swimmers born in Germany, Ute Geweniger ranks 21Before her are Andrea Pollack (1961), Hannelore Anke (1957), Ulrike Tauber (1958), Ines Diers (1963), Caren Metschuck (1963), and Rica Reinisch (1965). After her are Jörg Woithe (1963), Kathleen Nord (1965), Paul Biedermann (1986), Petra Thümer (1961), Franziska van Almsick (1978), and Ines Geissler (1963).