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Amadou Dia Ba

1958 - Today

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El Hadj Amadou Dia Bâ (born September 22, 1958) is a retired Senegalese athlete who competed in the 400 metres hurdles. He won the 1988 Olympic silver medal in this event with a personal best time of 47.23 seconds. It was the first, and only (as 2024) Olympic medal for Senegal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Amadou Dia Ba has received more than 30,636 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Amadou Dia Ba is the 1,889th most popular athlete (down from 1,555th in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Senegal and the most popular Senegalese Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Amadou Dia Ba ranks 1,889 out of 6,025. Before him are Virginie Hériot, Daniel Martínez, Merritt Giffin, Mildrette Netter, Tatyana Talysheva, and Bjarne Andersson. After him are Francis Tyler, Walter Middelberg, Arto Bryggare, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, Gavino Matta, and Liesel Westermann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Amadou Dia Ba ranks 483. Before him are Anita Baker, Serse Cosmi, Predrag Pašić, Derek Riggs, Alberto Cova, and Lenny Von Dohlen. After him are Christian Brando, Arto Bryggare, Mike Rotunda, Olivier Weber, Neetu Singh, and Monica Guerritore.

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In Senegal

Among people born in Senegal, Amadou Dia Ba ranks 41 out of 138. Before him are Cheikh Hamidou Kane (1928), Habib Koité (1958), Fatma Samoura (1962), Idrissa Gueye (1989), Mamadou Niang (1979), and Mahammed Dionne (1959). After him are MC Solaar (1969), Aminata Touré (1962), Henri Camara (1977), Aïssa Maïga (1975), Marie Senghor Basse (1930), and Fatou Diome (1968).

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Among ATHLETES In Senegal

Among athletes born in Senegal, Amadou Dia Ba ranks 1. After him are Amy Mbacké Thiam (1976), Cherif Younousse (1995), Adama Diatta (null), Sokhna Lacoste (2000), and Kim Jin-yi (null).

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