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Aaron Peirsol

1983 - Today

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Aaron Wells Peirsol (born July 23, 1983) is an American former competition swimmer and backstroke specialist who is a former world champion and world record-holder. He is a three-time Olympian and seven-time Olympic medalist (five gold, two silver). Individually, he currently holds the world record in the 200-meter backstroke event (long course). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aaron Peirsol has received more than 394,829 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Aaron Peirsol is the 258th most popular swimmer (down from 160th in 2019), the 15,242nd most popular biography from United States (down from 13,917th in 2019) and the 97th most popular American Swimmer.

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  • 390k

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  • 35.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Aaron Peirsol ranks 258 out of 709. Before him are Jeff Farrell, Joe Verdeur, Ryan Lochte, Martina Moravcová, Bengt Baron, and Donna de Varona. After him are Tom Jager, Park Tae-hwan, Zoltán Verrasztó, Dara Torres, Florent Manaudou, and Petra van Staveren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Aaron Peirsol ranks 442. Before him are Emad Moteab, Rhatha Phongam, Jussiê, Rafe Spall, Koke, and Filip Bandžak. After him are Cristian Molinaro, Nick Willis, Kim Myong-won, Marlon Roudette, Leonardo Santiago, and Marco Zoro.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Aaron Peirsol ranks 15,242 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard Hunt (1951), Dutch Mantel (1949), Jonathan Taylor Thomas (1981), Jessica Sutta (1982), Christopher Castile (1980), and Angelica Ross (1980). After him are Douglas Wilder (1931), Tom Jager (1964), Eric Whitacre (1970), Hazel R. O'Leary (1937), Tammy Baldwin (1962), and Nipsey Hussle (1985).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Aaron Peirsol ranks 97. Before him are Ginny Duenkel (1947), Susan Pedersen (1953), Jeff Farrell (1937), Joe Verdeur (1926), Ryan Lochte (1984), and Donna de Varona (1947). After him are Tom Jager (1964), Dara Torres (1967), Martín López-Zubero (1969), Rebecca Soni (1987), John Naber (1956), and Mike O'Brien (1965).

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