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Viola Myers

1927 - 1993

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Viola Lillian Myers (later Richardson, 1927 – November 15, 1993) was a Canadian sprinter who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics. She won a bronze medal in the 4×100 m relay and finished fourth in the individual 100 m. Myers started training in athletics in the early 1940s, and in 1944 set a national record in the 80 m sprint. She set another national record in 1948, in the 60 m, which stood until 1973. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Viola Myers has received more than 12,145 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Viola Myers is the 1,171st most popular athlete (up from 1,538th in 2019), the 476th most popular biography from Canada (up from 634th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Canadian Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Viola Myers ranks 1,171 out of 6,025. Before her are William Henry Dean, Willem Slijkhuis, Antal Kiss, Hans Wetterström, Victor Verschueren, and Jorma Valkama. After her are Edera Cordiale, Jan Egil Storholt, Victor Sonnemans, Petter Hugsted, Thorvald Strömberg, and Tuvalu at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Viola Myers ranks 377. Before her are Emil Pažický, Dell Hymes, Sirkka Polkunen, Lars Hall, Leslie Orgel, and Igor Dmitriev. After her are John Buscema, James Broderick, Jim Elliot, Pat Carroll, Harvey Korman, and Vladimir Motyl. Among people deceased in 1993, Viola Myers ranks 243. Before her are Utpal Dutt, Aleks Buda, Thomas Watson Jr., Zeno Colò, Mircea David, and Rıfat Ilgaz. After her are Edera Cordiale, Innes Ireland, Jim Pollard, H. R. Haldeman, Roger Michelot, and Divya Bharti.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Viola Myers ranks 476 out of 1,622. Before her are Chad Kroeger (1974), Wendy Crewson (1956), Tom Taylor (1880), Sarah Carter (1980), Dwight Lodeweges (1957), and Myrtle Cook (1902). After her are Douglas Bennett (1918), Maurice Prendergast (1858), Tamara Taylor (1970), Lawrence Lambe (1863), Rae Dawn Chong (1961), and Jennifer Granholm (1959).

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Among ATHLETES In Canada

Among athletes born in Canada, Viola Myers ranks 16. Before her are Jane Bell (1910), David Hall (1875), Peter Kirby (1931), Frank Dixon (1878), George Campbell (1878), and Alex Wilson (1905). After her are Douglas Bennett (1918), Ernest Hamilton (1883), Mary Frizzell (1913), John Emery (1932), Robert Benson (1894), and Betty Taylor (1916).

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