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Allan Wells

1952 - Today

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Allan Wipper Wells (born 3 May 1952) is a British former track and field sprinter who became the 100 metres Olympic champion at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. In 1981, he was both the IAAF Golden Sprints and IAAF World Cup gold medallist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Allan Wells has received more than 517,137 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Allan Wells is the 2,146th most popular athlete (down from 1,575th in 2019), the 5,514th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,192nd in 2019) and the 80th most popular British Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 520k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Allan Wells ranks 2,146 out of 6,025. Before him are István Hevesi, Harold Smith, Ali Mirzaei, Vera Anisimova, Burglinde Pollak, and Frank Saker. After him are Tony Hurt, Tina Charles, Calvin Bricker, Klaus Siebert, Karsten Warholm, and Eddie Hart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Allan Wells ranks 630. Before him are Susan Seidelman, Parviz Davoodi, Carlos Gómez, Vera Anisimova, David Amess, and Chuck Leavell. After him are Nora Dunn, Javier Cárdenas, Ed Lee, António Lima Pereira, Arkadiusz Godel, and Linda Woolverton.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Allan Wells ranks 5,514 out of 8,785. Before him are Anya Chalotra (1996), David Amess (1952), Andrew Davis (1944), Tony Ashton (1946), Alan Minter (1951), and Leona Lewis (1985). After him are Andy Powell (1950), Horace Gould (1921), John Wark (1957), P. H. Newby (1918), Peter Hill-Wood (1936), and Charles Lock Eastlake (1793).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Allan Wells ranks 80. Before him are Tony Nash (1936), George Goulding (1884), Fiona May (1969), George Hutson (1889), Paula Radcliffe (1973), and Gillian Sheen (1928). After him are Shirley Cawley (1932), Muriel Freeman (1897), Douglas Lowe (1902), Thelma Hopkins (1936), Paul Nihill (1939), and Gerald Logan (1879).

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