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Adam Peaty

1994 - Today

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Adam George Peaty (born 28 December 1994) is an English competitive swimmer who specialises in the breaststroke. He won the gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the first by a male British swimmer in 24 years, and retained the title at the 2020 Summer Olympics in 2021, the first British swimmer ever to retain an Olympic title. He is also an eight-time World Champion, a sixteen-time European Champion and a four-time Commonwealth Champion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adam Peaty has received more than 2,881,345 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Adam Peaty is the 334th most popular swimmer (up from 341st in 2019), the 7,142nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,980th in 2019) and the 15th most popular British Swimmer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 32.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Adam Peaties by language

Over the past year Adam Peaty has had the most page views in the with 250,669 views, followed by Italian (14,947), and Japanese (10,385). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Persian (103.54%), Japanese (78.87%), and Lithuanian (75.48%)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Adam Peaty ranks 334 out of 709. Before him are Yelena Rudkovskaya, Grant Hackett, Beatrice Câșlaru, Duje Draganja, Jon Olsen, and Angel Martino. After him are Tiffany Cohen, Chad le Clos, Anastasia Davydova, Tom Dean, Anthony Ervin, and David Berkoff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1994, Adam Peaty ranks 388. Before him are Kanako Momota, Azumi Waki, Hayley Raso, Seny Dieng, Denis Bouanga, and Faith Kipyegon. After him are Caleb Ewan, Ivana Andrés, Jefferson Lerma, Adam Masina, Andre De Grasse, and Thomas Foket.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Adam Peaty ranks 7,142 out of 8,785. Before him are Andrew Johnson (1981), Denise Mina (1966), Paul McStay (1964), Jem (1975), Rachel Shelley (1969), and Noel Fielding (1973). After him are Andy Wilkinson (1984), Alan Davies (1966), Daniel Mays (1978), Ian Botham (1955), Ella Balinska (1996), and Gabriel Agbonlahor (1986).

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Among SWIMMERS In United Kingdom

Among swimmers born in United Kingdom, Adam Peaty ranks 15. Before him are Valerie Davies (1912), Lucy Morton (1898), Annie Speirs (1889), Judy Grinham (1939), Hilda James (1904), and Anita Lonsbrough (1941). After him are Tom Dean (2000), Spyridon Gianniotis (1980), Duncan Goodhew (1957), Gemma Spofforth (1987), Mark Foster (1970), and David Davies (1985).

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