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Al Oerter

1936 - 2007

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Alfred Oerter Jr. (; September 19, 1936 – October 1, 2007) was an American athlete and a four-time Olympic Champion in the discus throw. He was the first athlete to win a gold medal in the same individual event in four consecutive Olympic Games. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al Oerter has received more than 360,467 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Al Oerter is the 64th most popular athlete (down from 33rd in 2019), the 2,452nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,902nd in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Al Oerter ranks 64 out of 6,025. Before him are Yuriy Sedykh, Platt Adams, Hans Woellke, Gabriela Andersen-Schiess, Irina Press, and Ralph Boston. After him are Pietro Mennea, Yelena Isinbayeva, Vera Krepkina, Shizo Kanakuri, Irena Szewińska, and Jürgen Schult.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Al Oerter ranks 139. Before him are Alejandra Pizarnik, Annette Stroyberg, Zeynab Khanlarova, Tuncel Kurtiz, Masako Nozawa, and David Yonggi Cho. After him are Eugenio Barba, Nino Castelnuovo, Hiroshi Saeki, Andrew Grove, Charles Dutoit, and André Kolingba. Among people deceased in 2007, Al Oerter ranks 100. Before him are Dashrath Manjhi, Gordon Scott, Ulrich Mühe, Pierre Messmer, Raymond Barre, and José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell. After him are Edward Yang, David Lane, Luigi Comencini, Steve Fossett, Fernando Fernán Gómez, and Mikhail Ulyanov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Al Oerter ranks 2,452 out of 20,380. Before him are Dan Quayle (1947), Henry George (1839), P. G. T. Beauregard (1818), Robert James Waller (1939), Grace Moore (1898), and John G. Thompson (1932). After him are Jeb Bush (1953), Neil Sedaka (1939), Nicholas Sparks (1965), Paris Hilton (1981), Henrietta Lacks (1920), and Beverly D'Angelo (1951).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Al Oerter ranks 24. Before him are Alvin Kraenzlein (1876), Jim Hines (1946), Betty Robinson (1911), Wilma Rudolph (1940), Platt Adams (1885), and Ralph Boston (1939). After him are Irving Baxter (1876), Lee Haney (1959), Robert Garrett (1875), Harry Porter (1882), Maxie Long (1878), and Eddie Eagan (1897).

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