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Yoshi Oyakawa

1933 - Today

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Yoshinobu Oyakawa (Japanese: 親川 義信, born August 9, 1933) is an American former competition swimmer, 1952 Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in the 100-meter backstroke. He is considered to be the last of the great "straight-arm-pull" backstrokers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yoshi Oyakawa has received more than 37,411 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Yoshi Oyakawa is the 285th most popular swimmer, the 15,964th most popular biography from United States and the 104th most popular American Swimmer.

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  • 37k

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  • 34.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Yoshi Oyakawa ranks 285 out of 709. Before him are Dagmar Hase, Beverley Whitfield, Petra Schneider, John Naber, Heike Friedrich, and Mike O'Brien. After him are Sándor Wladár, Sandra Morgan, Igor Polyansky, Alex Baumann, Mike Bruner, and Inge Dekker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Yoshi Oyakawa ranks 548. Before him are Peter Sillett, Craig L. Thomas, Stan Anderson, David Bellamy, Wendell R. Anderson, and Richard Riley. After him is Albert Quixall.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Yoshi Oyakawa ranks 15,964 out of 20,380. Before him are Lauren Lapkus (1985), Dan Futterman (1967), Joe Piscopo (1951), Joey Lawrence (1976), Greg Kurstin (1969), and Glen Morgan (1947). After him are Pusha T (1977), Antonio Davis (1968), Ashley Williams (1978), Sir Mix-a-Lot (1963), Arne Duncan (1964), and Annise Parker (1956).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Yoshi Oyakawa ranks 104. Before him are Tom Jager (1964), Dara Torres (1967), Martín López-Zubero (1969), Rebecca Soni (1987), John Naber (1956), and Mike O'Brien (1965). After him are Mike Bruner (1956), Joe Ruddy (1878), Shelley Mann (1937), Jason Lezak (1975), Caeleb Dressel (1996), and Tracy Caulkins (1963).

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