SWIMMER

Willy den Ouden

1918 - 1997

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Willemijntje den Ouden (1 January 1918 – 6 December 1997) was a competitive swimmer from the Netherlands, who held the 100-meter freestyle world record for nearly 23 years, from 1933 to 1956. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willy den Ouden has received more than 31,301 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Willy den Ouden is the 42nd most popular swimmer, the 746th most popular biography from Netherlands and the 4th most popular Dutch Swimmer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 31k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Willy den Ouden ranks 42 out of 709. Before her are Judit Temes, Frederick Lane, Clarke Scholes, Marie Braun, Irene Guest, and Albina Osipowich. After her are Alexander Popov, Shigeo Arai, Adelaide Lambert, Ethel Lackie, Arne Borg, and Galina Prozumenshchikova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Willy den Ouden ranks 218. Before her are Robert Ettinger, Vicente de la Mata, Joey Bishop, Josef Bradl, Franjo Wölfl, and Mary Anderson. After her are Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson, Aleksandr Ponomarev, André Pilette, Werner Peters, Maria Aurèlia Capmany, and Henri Chammartin. Among people deceased in 1997, Willy den Ouden ranks 221. Before her are Helene Hanff, Albín Brunovský, Dharamvir Bharati, Eddie Chapman, Enrique Peralta Azurdia, and Erich Eliskases. After her are Voldemar Väli, Walter Behrendt, Dulce María Loynaz, Eugène Guillevic, Conlon Nancarrow, and Chūhei Nambu.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Willy den Ouden ranks 746 out of 1,646. Before her are Henri Frankfort (1897), Anna Enquist (1945), Femke Halsema (1966), Yolanda Hadid (1964), Betje Wolff (1738), and Sef Vergoossen (1947). After her are Jan Zwartkruis (1926), Lodewijk van den Berg (1932), Herman Heijermans (1864), Louis Meijer (1809), Henri Alexis Brialmont (1821), and Jan Heemskerk (1818).

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Among SWIMMERS In Netherlands

Among swimmers born in Netherlands, Willy den Ouden ranks 4. Before her are Rie Mastenbroek (1919), Gérard Blitz (1901), and Marie Braun (1911). After her are Nida Senff (1920), Tini Wagner (1919), Maria Vierdag (1905), Pieter van den Hoogenband (1978), Nel van Vliet (1926), Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher (1925), Ada Kok (1947), and Inge de Bruijn (1973).

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