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Shane Gould

1956 - Today

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Shane Elizabeth Gould (born 23 November 1956) is an Australian former competition swimmer. She won three gold medals, a silver medal and a bronze, at the 1972 Summer Olympics, becoming the first woman swimmer to win five individual medals. In 2018, she won the fifth season of Australian Survivor, becoming the oldest winner of any Survivor franchise. Gould was born in Australia, but spent most of her childhood in Fiji after she and her family moved there. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2024). Shane Gould is the 229th most popular swimmer (down from 191st in 2024), the 480th most popular biography from Australia (down from 441st in 2019) and the 16th most popular Australian Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Shane Gould ranks 229 out of 709. Before her are Judy Grinham, Stephen Rerych, Ines Geissler, László Cseh, Audrey Mestre, and Andrea Gyarmati. After her are Claudia Poll, Sergey Koplyakov, Shirley Babashoff, Novella Calligaris, Petra van Staveren, and Shelley Mann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Shane Gould ranks 638. Before her are György Nébald, Hipólito Ramos, Juan Torales, Skipp Sudduth, Mani Ratnam, and Roland Wieser. After her are Jerry Doyle, Álvaro Pino, Steve Denton, Yordan Mitkov, Ambiga Sreenevasan, and Soraya Post.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Shane Gould ranks 480 out of 1,143. Before her are Rachael Taylor (1984), Elizabeth Kenny (1880), Michael Hester (1972), Wang Yan (null), Tom Rogic (1992), and Cody Fern (1988). After her are Judy Amoore (1940), Harry Cobby (1894), Frederick McCubbin (1855), Kim Warwick (1952), David Malouf (1934), and Edith Cowan (1861).

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Among SWIMMERS In Australia

Among swimmers born in Australia, Shane Gould ranks 16. Before her are Mina Wylie (1891), Sandra Morgan (1942), Boy Charlton (1907), Jon Henricks (1935), Ian O'Brien (1947), and Kevin Berry (1945). After her are David Theile (1938), Beverley Whitfield (1954), Lyn McClements (1951), Gail Neall (1955), Giaan Rooney (1982), and Bronte Barratt (1989).

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