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Michelle Ford

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Michelle Jan Ford (born 15 July 1962) is an Australian former long-distance freestyle and butterfly swimmer of the 1970s and 1980s, who won a gold medal in the 800-metre freestyle, bronze in the 200-metre butterfly, and 4th in the 400-metres freestyle at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. She was the only non-Eastern Bloc female swimmer to win an individual gold medal at the 1980 games. She also set two world records in her career, and was the first Australian woman to win individual Olympic medals in two distinct specialised strokes. Ford, the second of four children grew up in the seaside Sydney suburb of Sans Souci, familiar with water, as her father Ian, a dentist, had narrowly missed Olympic selection as a yachtsman. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michelle Ford is the 353rd most popular swimmer (up from 373rd in 2019), the 726th most popular biography from Australia (up from 754th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Australian Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Michelle Ford ranks 353 out of 709. Before her are David Wilkie, David Berkoff, Mireia Belmonte, Katrin Meissner, Andrea Fuentes, and Domenico Fioravanti. After her are David Popovici, Grant Hackett, Brittany Elmslie, Maya DiRado, Jani Sievinen, and Yuliya Yefimova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Michelle Ford ranks 852. Before her are Jeff Cronenweth, Stavros Lambrinidis, Chris Savino, Claudia Zaczkiewicz, Trace Adkins, and Kerrith Brown. After her are Tyler Cowen, Mark Begich, Michelle Shocked, Archana Puran Singh, Mark Linkous, and Mike Phelan.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Michelle Ford ranks 726 out of 1,143. Before her are Alyson Annan (1973), David Lyons (1976), Alexander Downer (1951), Petria Thomas (1975), Josh Helman (1986), and Alicia Molik (1981). After her are Emma Snowsill (1981), Grant Hackett (1980), Tim Forsyth (1973), Toby Leonard Moore (1981), Simmone Jade Mackinnon (1973), and Georgina Haig (1985).

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Among SWIMMERS In Australia

Among swimmers born in Australia, Michelle Ford ranks 24. Before her are Beverley Whitfield (1954), Lyn McClements (1951), Gail Neall (1955), Giaan Rooney (1982), Bronte Barratt (1989), and Petria Thomas (1975). After her are Grant Hackett (1980), Brittany Elmslie (1994), Shayne Reese (1982), Kieren Perkins (1973), Jodie Henry (1983), and Jessicah Schipper (1986).

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