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Allan Wells

1952 - Today

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Allan Wipper Wells (born 3 May 1952) is a Scottish 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 434,354 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Allan Wells is the 1,576th most popular athlete (down from 890th in 2019), the 5,204th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,493rd in 2019) and the 57th most popular British Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Allan Wells ranks 1,576 out of 3,059. Before him are Meredith Colket, Saida Gunba, Christina Lathan, Merritt Giffin, Queenie Newall, and Lawrence Stevens. After him are Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, Vera Komisova, Wiesław Rudkowski, Alejandro Casañas, Gunnar Larsson, and Ricco Groß.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Allan Wells ranks 560. Before him are Yuriy Kutsenko, Rudolf Kargus, Ed Lee, Maria Damanaki, Bernard de Dryver, and Angela Cartwright. After him are Mathew Knowles, Jiichiro Date, Jack Wild, Lars-Erik Skiöld, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, and Rubén Toribio Díaz.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Allan Wells ranks 5,204 out of 7,765. Before him are Dannie Abse (1923), Queenie Newall (1854), Bernadette Devlin McAliskey (1947), Phyllida Lloyd (1957), Norman Whiteside (1965), and Michael Park (1966). After him are Hermione Gingold (1897), Tony Crook (1920), Denis Healey (1917), John Houghton (1931), Paul Cavanagh (1888), and Andy Fairweather Low (1948).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Allan Wells ranks 57. Before him are Harold Whitlock (1903), Douglas Lowe (1902), Daley Thompson (1958), Steve Ovett (1955), David Jacobs (1888), and Queenie Newall (1854). After him are Fiona May (1969), Mary Rand (1940), Lynn Davies (1942), Willie Applegarth (1890), Adrian Metcalfe (1942), and Barbara Burke (1917).

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