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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 Russian former 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 32,858 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Popov is the 43rd most popular swimmer (down from 18th in 2019), the 1,796th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,547th in 2019) and the most popular Russian Swimmer.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 55.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Alexander Popov ranks 43 out of 709. Before him are Frederick Lane, Clarke Scholes, Marie Braun, Irene Guest, Albina Osipowich, and Willy den Ouden. After him are Shigeo Arai, Adelaide Lambert, Ethel Lackie, Arne Borg, Galina Prozumenshchikova, and Arati Saha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Alexander Popov ranks 160. Before him are Necati Şaşmaz, Henry Thomas, Carlos Gamarra, Shawn Wayans, Mauricio Pellegrino, and Max Martin. After him are Paolo Montero, Sergi Barjuán, Paulina Rubio, Aygün Kazımova, Jonny Greenwood, and Roman Čechmánek.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Popov ranks 1,796 out of 3,761. Before him are Ivan Polzunov (1728), Fyodor Vasilyev (1850), Yakov Sannikov (1780), Denis Urubko (1973), Isaak Zelensky (1890), and Mikhail Voronin (1945). After him are Andrei Tchmil (1963), Benjamin Jekhowsky (1881), Aleksandra Beļcova (1892), Alexander Kalyagin (1942), Igor Ilyinsky (1901), and Anna Yegorova (1916).

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Among SWIMMERS In Russia

Among swimmers born in Russia, Alexander Popov ranks 1. After him are Vladimir Salnikov (1960), Oscar Grégoire (1877), Nikolai Pankin (1949), Denis Pankratov (1974), Igor Polyansky (1967), Natalia Ishchenko (1986), Yuliya Yefimova (1992), Svetlana Romashina (1989), Nina Zhivanevskaya (1977), Anastasia Davydova (1983), and Anastasiya Kirpichnikova (2000).

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