1971 - Today
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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Among swimmers, Alexander Popov ranks 18 out of 392. Before 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.
1927 - 2023
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 12
1926 - 2012
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 13
1907 - 1995
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 14
1872 - 1933
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 15
1902 - 1978
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 16
1916 - 1989
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 17
1971 - Present
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 18
1948 - 2015
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 19
1911 - 1982
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 20
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 21
1885 - 1973
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 22
1935 - 2017
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 23
1895 - 1978
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 24
Among people born in 1971, Alexander Popov ranks 135. Before 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.
1971 - Present
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 129
1971 - Present
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 130
1971 - Present
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 131
1971 - Present
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 132
1971 - Present
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 133
1971 - Present
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 134
1971 - Present
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 135
1971 - Present
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 136
1971 - Present
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 137
1971 - Present
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 138
1971 - Present
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 139
1971 - Present
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 140
1971 - Present
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 141
Among people born in Russia, Alexander Popov ranks 1,551 out of 3,262. Before 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).
1780 - 1832
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 1,545
1871 - 1923
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 1,546
1966 - Present
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 1,547
1929 - 2004
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 1,548
1897 - 1990
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 1,549
1889 - 1972
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 1,550
1971 - Present
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 1,551
1901 - 1992
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 1,552
1846 - 1936
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 1,553
1914 - 2000
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 1,554
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 1,555
1937 - 2020
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 1,556
1894 - 1959
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 1,557
Among swimmers born in Russia, Alexander Popov ranks 1. After 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).
1971 - Present
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 1
1960 - Present
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 2
1877 - 1947
HPI: 43.47
Rank: 3
1992 - Present
HPI: 34.35
Rank: 4
1986 - Present
HPI: 34.33
Rank: 5
1974 - Present
HPI: 32.97
Rank: 6
1967 - Present
HPI: 32.62
Rank: 7
1989 - Present
HPI: 31.62
Rank: 8
1983 - Present
HPI: 31.61
Rank: 9
1992 - Present
HPI: 29.02
Rank: 10
1983 - Present
HPI: 27.50
Rank: 11
2000 - Present
HPI: 27.46
Rank: 12