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Yang Wenyi

1972 - Today

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Yang Wenyi (simplified Chinese: 杨文意; traditional Chinese: 楊文意; pinyin: Yáng Wényì; born January 11, 1972, in Shanghai) is a former freestyle and backstroke swimmer from China, whose best performance was winning the gold medal in the 50 m freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain and in the same year she won the same event at the 4th Asian Championships. She was the first woman in history to go under the 25-seconds barrier in the 50m freestyle when she was 20 years old. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yang Wenyi has received more than 21,962 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Yang Wenyi is the 214th most popular swimmer, the 1,128th most popular biography from China and the 3rd most popular Chinese Swimmer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 22k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 29.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Yang Wenyi ranks 214 out of 392. Before her are Dagmar Hase, Károly Güttler, Le Jingyi, Inge Dekker, Mirna Jukić, and Femke Heemskerk. After her are Michelle Smith, Alexandre Despatie, Carolyn Waldo, Frédérik Deburghgraeve, Lotte Friis, and Markus Rogan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Yang Wenyi ranks 821. Before her are Kurt Thomas, John Godina, Laurent Lamothe, Muttiah Muralitharan, Maria Grozdeva, and Katsuhiro Minamoto. After her are Daniel Šarić, Joelle Carter, Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh, Jeremy London, Ian Goodison, and Elena Baranova.

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In China

Among people born in China, Yang Wenyi ranks 1,128 out of 1,392. Before her are Li Jiawei (1981), Chen Yanqing (1979), Long Qingquan (1990), Wang Liping (1976), Zhang Wenxiu (1986), and Yu Song (1986). After her are Gao Feng (1982), Sun Yingsha (2000), Wang Manli (1973), Xu Yunlong (1979), Qin Dongya (1978), and Sun Xiang (1982).

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Among SWIMMERS In China

Among swimmers born in China, Yang Wenyi ranks 3. Before her are Sun Yang (1991) and Le Jingyi (1975). After her are Huang Xuechen (1990), Fu Yuanhui (1996), Ye Shiwen (1996), Liu Zige (1989), Zhang Yufei (1998), Jiao Liuyang (1991), Zhang Lin (1987), Ning Zetao (1993), and Wang Shun (1994).

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