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 26,536 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Alexander Popov is the 21st most popular swimmer (down from 19th in 2019), the 1,490th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,194th in 2019) and the most popular Russian Swimmer.
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Among swimmers, Alexander Popov ranks 21 out of 392. Before him are Kornelia Ender, Ian Thorpe, Charles Daniels, Marie Braun, Yoshiyuki Tsuruta, and Galina Prozumenshchikova. After him are Greta Andersen, George Hodgson, George Kojac, Ferenc Csik, Clarke Scholes, and Shigeo Arai.
1958 - Present
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 15
1982 - Present
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 16
1885 - 1973
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 17
1911 - 1982
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 18
1903 - 1986
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 19
1948 - 2015
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 20
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 21
1927 - Present
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 22
1893 - 1983
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 23
1910 - 1996
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 24
1913 - 1945
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 25
1930 - 2010
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 26
1916 - 1944
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 27
Among people born in 1971, Alexander Popov ranks 148. Before him are Corey Haim, Mary J. Blige, Jim Root, Josh Lucas, Song Il-gook, and Candice Night. After him are Noah Hathaway, Renee O'Connor, Sarah Kane, Peter Madsen, Christian Fittipaldi, and Rick Yune.
1971 - 2010
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 142
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 143
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 144
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 145
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 146
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 147
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 148
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 149
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 150
1971 - 1999
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 151
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 152
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 153
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 154
Among people born in Russia, Alexander Popov ranks 1,490 out of 2,688. Before him are Hank Mann (1888), Mikhail Yefremov (1963), Irina Arkhipova (1925), Alexei Fedchenko (1844), Vadim Krasnoselsky (1970), and Anatoli Maslyonkin (1930). After him are Dima Bilan (1981), Aleksei Balabanov (1959), Johann Friedrich Adam (1780), Mikhail Zharov (1899), Pyotr Anjou (1796), and Eduard Wiiralt (1898).
1888 - 1971
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 1,484
1963 - Present
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 1,485
1925 - 2010
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 1,486
1844 - 1873
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 1,487
1970 - Present
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 1,488
1930 - 1988
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 1,489
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 1,490
1981 - Present
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 1,491
1959 - 2013
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 1,492
1780 - 1832
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 1,493
1899 - 1981
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 1,494
1796 - 1869
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 1,495
1898 - 1954
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 1,496
Among swimmers born in Russia, Alexander Popov ranks 1. After him are Vladimir Salnikov (1960), Yuliya Yefimova (1992), Denis Pankratov (1974), Natalia Ishchenko (1986), Svetlana Romashina (1989), Anastasia Davydova (1983), Igor Polyansky (1967), Anastasiya Yermakova (1983), Vladimir Morozov (1992), Arkady Vyatchanin (1984), and Svetlana Kolesnichenko (1993).
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 1
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 2
1992 - Present
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 3
1974 - Present
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 4
1986 - Present
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 5
1989 - Present
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 6
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 7
1967 - Present
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 8
1983 - Present
HPI: 43.67
Rank: 9
1992 - Present
HPI: 43.53
Rank: 10
1984 - Present
HPI: 42.96
Rank: 11
1993 - Present
HPI: 41.79
Rank: 12