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Alex Schwazer

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Alex Schwazer, OMRI (born 26 December 1984), is an Italian race walker. He was the 2008 Olympic 50k walk champion. Just before the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was disqualified for two years for doping with EPO. He immediately admitted his guilt and retired. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alex Schwazer has received more than 289,422 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Alex Schwazer is the 2,690th most popular athlete (down from 2,203rd in 2019), the 4,430th most popular biography from Italy (down from 4,222nd in 2019) and the 106th most popular Italian Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 290k

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  • 46.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Alex Schwazer ranks 2,690 out of 6,025. Before him are Addis Abebe, Willi Wülbeck, Georg Hackl, Hubert Gardas, Haldor Halderson, and Reese Hoffa. After him are Peter Thomsen, Manfred Stengl, Peter Angerer, Darya Klishina, Kathrin Neimke, and Valeria Răcilă.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Alex Schwazer ranks 304. Before him are Mark Chao, Luca Marinelli, Yan Zi, Juan Mónaco, Lee Joon-hyuk, and Luis Antonio Jiménez. After him are Kaori Icho, Wouter Weylandt, Saki Fujita, Belén Rodríguez, Olga Skabeyeva, and Didier Ya Konan.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Alex Schwazer ranks 4,430 out of 5,161. Before him are Giacomo Raspadori (2000), Luca Marinelli (1984), Louis Handley (1874), Claudia Letizia (1979), Luigi Lo Cascio (1967), and Moreno Mannini (1962). After him are Isolde Kostner (1975), Stefano Colantuono (1962), Valerio Mastandrea (1972), Mimma Zavoli (1963), Alessandro Borghi (1986), and Emanuele Naspetti (1968).

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Among ATHLETES In Italy

Among athletes born in Italy, Alex Schwazer ranks 106. Before him are José Pinto (null), Johann Passler (1961), Gabriella Dorio (1957), Antonio Rossi (1968), Mario Aldo Montano (1948), and Angelo Scuri (1959). After him are Giovanni Evangelisti (1961), Thomas Green (null), Giuseppe Abbagnale (1959), Salvatore Antibo (1962), Pieralberto Carrara (1966), and Pasquale Passarelli (1957).

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