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Adrian Metcalfe

1942 - 2021

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Adrian Peter Metcalfe (2 March 1942 – 2 July 2021) was a British athlete and broadcaster. He set a UK record for the 400m in 1961 and won silver relay medals at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, the 1962 European Athletics Championships and the 1964 Summer Olympics. He moved into broadcasting, first as a commentator, then as head of sport at Channel 4 and then at Eurosport. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adrian Metcalfe has received more than 38,934 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Adrian Metcalfe is the 2,615th most popular athlete (down from 1,723rd in 2019), the 6,237th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,445th in 2019) and the 97th most popular British Athlete.

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  • 38.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Adrian Metcalfe ranks 2,615 out of 6,025. Before him are Saif Saaeed Shaheen, Roman Hontyuk, Jürgen Straub, Tracy Wilson, Igor Milanović, and Zola Budd. After him are Oleksandr Bagach, Janne Lahtela, Keith Gardner, Eddie Arcaro, María Isabel Urrutia, and Heorhiy Pohosov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Adrian Metcalfe ranks 708. Before him are Ian Hancock, Joy Behar, Ellen Meiksins Wood, Muriel Day, Mac Davis, and Richard M. Daley. After him are Sharon Olds, Jeff Astle, Harvey Atkin, Letta Mbulu, Peter Thompson, and Thomas Menino. Among people deceased in 2021, Adrian Metcalfe ranks 675. Before him are Jackie Mason, Terry Cooper, Theuns Jordaan, Porfirio Armando Betancourt, Michael R. Clifford, and Jamal Al-Qabendi. After him are Rajiv Kapoor, Sayaka Kanda, Conn Findlay, Dustin Diamond, Charlie Robinson, and Bill Brock.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Adrian Metcalfe ranks 6,237 out of 8,785. Before him are Anoushka Shankar (1981), Chris Coleman (1970), Brian McClair (1963), George Etherege (1635), Lee Dixon (1964), and Stanley Middleton (1919). After him are Elkie Brooks (1945), Dave Sexton (1930), Colin Todd (1948), Rachel Hurd-Wood (1990), Thomas Sopwith (1888), and Charley Boorman (1966).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Adrian Metcalfe ranks 97. Before him are Daley Thompson (1958), Jayne Torvill (1957), Gladys Davis (1893), Chris Tomlinson (1981), David Hemery (1944), and Derek Redmond (1965). After him are Sonia Robertson (1947), Alastair McCorquodale (1925), Sylvia Cheeseman (1929), Steve Cram (1960), June Foulds (1934), and John Disley (1928).

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