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Đurđica Bjedov

1947 - Today

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Đurđa "Đurđica" Bjedov (born 5 April 1947) is a retired Croatian swimmer and the only Yugoslav Olympic champion in swimming. Bjedov never won a medal at major international competitions, except for the 1968 Olympics, where she finished first in the 100 m breaststroke, breaking the Olympic record, and second in the 200 m breaststroke. Her medley relay team was disqualified in the preliminaries though because she jumped into water too early. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Đurđica Bjedov has received more than 39,165 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Đurđica Bjedov is the 28th most popular swimmer (down from 21st in 2019), the 255th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 224th in 2019) and the most popular Croatian Swimmer.

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  • 2.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Đurđica Bjedov ranks 28 out of 709. Before her are Katalin Szőke, George Hodgson, Ilona Novák, Helen Johns, István Bárány, and Kornelia Ender. After her are Ethelda Bleibtrey, Ferenc Csik, Ann Curtis, Yasuji Miyazaki, Gérard Blitz, and Ian Thorpe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Đurđica Bjedov ranks 459. Before her are Wilko Johnson, Jan T. Gross, Peter Cosgrove, Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, Moses Blah, and William Bonin. After her are Emiel Puttemans, Maurizio Micheli, Teemu Sippo, Mazie Hirono, Jozef Móder, and David Mamet.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Đurđica Bjedov ranks 255 out of 700. Before her are Marko Perković (1966), Krešimir Baranović (1894), Frane Matošić (1918), Milan Neralić (1875), Neven Mimica (1953), and Petar Trifunović (1910). After her are Ante Rebić (1993), Vesna Pusić (1953), Dražen Ladić (1963), Milivoj Ašner (1913), Janica Kostelić (1982), and Dimitrija Demeter (1811).

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Among SWIMMERS In Croatia

Among swimmers born in Croatia, Đurđica Bjedov ranks 1. After her are Duje Draganja (1983), Dinko Jukić (1989), and Nikola Miljenić (1998).

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