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Beverley Whitfield

1954 - 1996

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Beverley Joy Whitfield (15 June 1954 – 20 August 1996) was an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1970s, who won a gold medal in the 200-metre breaststroke at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. She was coached by Terry Gathercole and Don Talbot. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Beverley Whitfield is the 254th most popular swimmer (up from 281st in 2019), the 558th most popular biography from Australia (up from 621st in 2019) and the 18th most popular Australian Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Beverley Whitfield ranks 254 out of 709. Before her are Tim Shaw, Petra Schneider, Anne Ottenbrite, Silke Hörner, Alex Baumann, and Oussama Mellouli. After her are Jenny Thompson, Donna de Varona, Károly Güttler, Janet Evans, Tom Jager, and Federica Pellegrini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Beverley Whitfield ranks 696. Before her are James Gleick, Germán Leguía, Vladimir Bigorra, Jorge Hernández, Mallika Sarabhai, and Amy Heckerling. After her are Noureddine Kourichi, Lloyd Blankfein, Huda Zoghbi, Gregory C. Johnson, Julio César Jiménez, and Ben Barres. Among people deceased in 1996, Beverley Whitfield ranks 354. Before her are Yevgeny Rodionov, Audrey Meadows, Silk Smitha, Dana Hill, Vince Edwards, and Beryl Reid. After her are Lyle Talbot, Lucille Bremer, Howard Rollins, Ralph Yarborough, Gene Nelson, and Fearless Nadia.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Beverley Whitfield ranks 558 out of 1,143. Before her are Brett Tucker (1972), Sarah Snook (1987), Mark Shield (1973), Sullivan Stapleton (1977), Brett Dean (1961), and Scott Chipperfield (1975). After her are Josip Skoko (1975), Vida Goldstein (1869), Ryan Corr (1989), David Andersen (1980), Richie Porte (1985), and Craig Horner (1983).

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Among SWIMMERS In Australia

Among swimmers born in Australia, Beverley Whitfield ranks 18. Before her are Boy Charlton (1907), Jon Henricks (1935), Ian O'Brien (1947), Kevin Berry (1945), Shane Gould (1956), and David Theile (1938). After her are Lyn McClements (1951), Gail Neall (1955), Giaan Rooney (1982), Bronte Barratt (1989), Petria Thomas (1975), and Michelle Ford (1962).

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