# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/philippa-gould
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:06:48.344Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/philippa-gould"
name: "Philippa Gould"
slug: "philippa-gould"
description: "Philippa Mary \"Pip\" Gould, later Philippa Gower, is a former backstroke swimmer from New Zealand. She competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics placing sixth in her heat of the 100 m backstroke. In January 1957, she broke the 200 m backstroke world record, and in March 1958, she broke the 100 m backstroke record, while still a student at St Cuthbert's College, Auckland."
tagline: "New Zealand swimmer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Philippa_Gould_1956.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
birthDate: "1940-12-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           36.06
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.001728
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippa_Gould"
    title: "Philippa Gould"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippa_Gould"
    title: "Philippa Gould"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippa_Gould"
    title: "Philippa Gould"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippa_Gould"
    title: "Philippa Gould"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8F%B2%E8%8E%89%E5%B8%95%C2%B7%E5%8F%A4%E5%B0%94%E5%BE%B7"
    title: "菲莉帕·古尔德"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7184722"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump