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Alonzo Babers

1961 - Today

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Alonzo C. Babers (born October 31, 1961) is an American former athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics, in the 400 m and the 4 × 400 m relay.Born in Montgomery, Alabama, Alonzo Babers was a military dependent who graduated from Kaiserslautern American High School in West Germany. He attended the United States Air Force Academy from 1979 to 1983, graduating with a major in aerospace engineering, where he ran track and played one season of football. The international athletics career of Alonzo Babers consisted of a spectacular rise to fame, followed by a decisive and abrupt end. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alonzo Babers has received more than 63,820 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Alonzo Babers is the 2,385th most popular athlete (down from 1,816th in 2019), the 12,900th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,340th in 2019) and the 420th most popular American Athlete.

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Over the past year Alonzo Babers has had the most page views in the with 6,436 views, followed by Finnish (1,095), and German (750). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (56.06%), Norwegian (Nynorsk) (23.62%), and Swedish (15.41%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Alonzo Babers ranks 2,385 out of 6,025Before him are Gerhard Heer, Fyodor Simashev, Elena Georgescu, Bill Hobbs, Coenraad Hiebendaal, and Tijjani Reijnders. After him are Leslie Claudius, Naftali Bon, Darius Kasparaitis, Joan Benoit, Guo Jingjing, and Tamás Wichmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Alonzo Babers ranks 600Before him are Toshinobu Katsuya, Sam Perkins, Tetsuya Totsuka, Mary Kay Bergman, Steve Oedekerk, and Danuta Stenka. After him are Ludger Stühlmeyer, Sverker Johansson, Saskia Reeves, Vyacheslav Ivanenko, Warrel Dane, and Randa Siniora.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alonzo Babers ranks 12,900 out of 20,380Before him are Kay Bailey Hutchison (1943), JoAnna Garcia (1979), Laird Cregar (1913), Marion Mahony Griffin (1871), Jim Bunning (1931), and Tarana Burke (1973). After him are Erica Gimpel (1964), Hugh Howey (1975), Joseph Wambaugh (1937), Joan Benoit (1957), Tex Beneke (1914), and Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. (1951).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Alonzo Babers ranks 420Before him are Charles Austin (1967), Wilbur Thompson (1921), Michael Marsh (1967), Peter Mueller (1954), Joe DeLoach (1967), and Fortune Gordien (1922). After him are Joan Benoit (1957), Norvel Lee (1924), Willye White (1939), John Woodruff (1915), Jennison Heaton (1904), and Tim Montgomery (1975).