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Alexander Popov

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Aleksandr Vladimirovich Popov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Попо́в, born 16 November 1971), better known as Alexander Popov, is a former Russian swimmer. Widely considered the greatest sprint swimmer in history, Popov won gold in the 50-metre and 100 m freestyle at the 1992 Olympics and repeated the feat at the 1996 Olympics, and is the only male in Olympic games history to defend both titles. He held the world record in the 50 m for eight years, and the 100 m for six. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Popov has received more than 31,846 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Alexander Popov is the 18th most popular swimmer (up from 21st in 2019), the 1,551st most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,487th in 2019) and the most popular Russian Swimmer.

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  • 47.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Alexander Popov ranks 18 out of 392Before him are Greta Andersen, Ann Curtis, István Bárány, John Arthur Jarvis, Ethelda Bleibtrey, and Yasuji Miyazaki. After him are Galina Prozumenshchikova, Marie Braun, Đurđica Bjedov, Charles Daniels, Katalin Szőke, and Greta Johansson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Alexander Popov ranks 135Before him are Josh Lucas, Murilo Benício, Kevin Richardson, Ji Jin-hee, Jonathan Davis, and Patrik Andersson. After him are Henry Thomas, Gheorghe Mureșan, Bernd Mayländer, Luigi Di Biagio, Jonathan Ke Quan, and Paolo Montero.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Popov ranks 1,551 out of 3,262Before him are Johann Friedrich Adam (1780), Vatslav Vorovsky (1871), Alexander Khalifman (1966), Klara Rumyanova (1929), Roman Vishniac (1897), and Vera Karalli (1889). After him are Sergey Obraztsov (1901), Alexander Karpinsky (1846), Johannes Virolainen (1914), Yuri Semin (1947), Giorgi Shengelaia (1937), and Vitaly Bianki (1894).

Among SWIMMERS In Russia

Among swimmers born in Russia, Alexander Popov ranks 1After him are Vladimir Salnikov (1960), Oscar Grégoire (1877), Yuliya Yefimova (1992), Natalia Ishchenko (1986), Denis Pankratov (1974), Igor Polyansky (1967), Svetlana Romashina (1989), Anastasia Davydova (1983), Vladimir Morozov (1992), Anastasiya Yermakova (1983), and Kliment Kolesnikov (2000).