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Alain Mimoun

1921 - 2013

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Alain Mimoun, born Ali Mimoun Ould Kacha (1 January 1921 – 27 June 2013), was a French long-distance runner who competed in track events, cross-country running and the marathon. He was the 1956 Olympic champion in the marathon. He is the most bemedalled French athletics sportsperson in history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alain Mimoun has received more than 112,989 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Alain Mimoun is the 208th most popular athlete (down from 67th in 2019), the 96th most popular biography from Algeria (down from 64th in 2019) and the most popular Algerian Athlete.

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Alain Mimoun ranks 208 out of 6,025. Before him are Elias Katz, Joseph Guillemot, Imre Földi, Oscar Swahn, Marlene Ahrens, and Gyula Kellner. After him are Rosa Mota, Edgar Aabye, Adhemar da Silva, Harold Abrahams, Harry Hillman, and Eliud Kipchoge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Alain Mimoun ranks 189. Before him are Grigory Chukhray, Milorad Pavić, Oswaldo López Arellano, Blaže Koneski, Giorgio Strehler, and Ernesto Vidal. After him are Oldřich Černík, Sergio Sollima, Juan Zambudio Velasco, Violette Szabo, Harry Carey Jr., and Piero Piccioni. Among people deceased in 2013, Alain Mimoun ranks 197. Before him are Scott Carpenter, Henrique Rosa, Richard C. Sarafian, Heinz Flohe, Yusef Lateef, and Otto Muehl. After him are Halton Arp, Martin Koeman, Ivan Bodiul, Gerrie Mühren, Jimmy Fontana, and Josip Kuže.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Alain Mimoun ranks 96 out of 213. Before him are Abderrahmane Farès (1911), Idir (1949), Abdelaziz Djerad (1954), Fernand Bouisson (1874), Yasmina Khadra (1955), and Alain Chabat (1958). After him are Alexandre Villaplane (1905), Pierre Blanchar (1892), Quintus Lollius Urbicus (150), Djamel Zidane (1955), Cheb Mami (1966), and Abdelaziz Belkhadem (1945).

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Among ATHLETES In Algeria

Among athletes born in Algeria, Alain Mimoun ranks 1. After him are Boughera El Ouafi (1898), Noureddine Morceli (1970), Hassiba Boulmerka (1968), Nouria Mérah-Benida (1970), Brenno (null), Taoufik Makhloufi (1988), Djabir Saïd-Guerni (1977), Ali Saïdi-Sief (1978), Abderrahmane Hammad (1977), Amar Benikhlef (1982), and Djamel Sedjati (1999).

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