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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 256,821 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Alex Schwazer is the 2,585th most popular athlete (down from 2,203rd in 2019), the 4,428th most popular biography from Italy (down from 4,222nd in 2019) and the 104th most popular Italian Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Alex Schwazers by language

Over the past year Alex Schwazer has had the most page views in the with 410,714 views, followed by English (71,193), and German (24,432). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Italian (104.93%), Romanian (99.85%), and Norwegian (Nynorsk) (88.10%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Alex Schwazer ranks 2,585 out of 6,025Before 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 304Before 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 4,428 out of 5,161Before 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).

Among ATHLETES In Italy

Among athletes born in Italy, Alex Schwazer ranks 104Before him are Giuseppe Moioli (1927), Johann Passler (1961), Gabriella Dorio (1957), Antonio Rossi (1968), Mario Aldo Montano (1948), and Angelo Scuri (1959). After him are Giovanni Evangelisti (1961), Giuseppe Abbagnale (1959), Salvatore Antibo (1962), Pieralberto Carrara (1966), Pasquale Passarelli (1957), and Roberto Tozzi (1958).