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Andre Phillips

1959 - Today

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André Lamar Phillips (born September 5, 1959) is a retired American track and field athlete who is best known for winning the 400 metres hurdles gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games. Phillips spent most of his career in the shadow of his idol, Edwin Moses, frequently as runner up during Moses' unequaled winning streak. He managed to beat him once, at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andre Phillips has received more than 60,902 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Andre Phillips is the 2,696th most popular athlete (down from 2,000th in 2019), the 14,229th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,358th in 2019) and the 462nd most popular American Athlete.

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  • 61k

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  • 37.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Andre Phillips ranks 2,696 out of 6,025Before him are Alica Schmidt, Andrejus Zadneprovskis, Marioara Popescu, Sergei Mylnikov, Maricica Țăran, and Gabriel Tiacoh. After him are Óscar Figueroa, Silke Renk, Liz Chase, Phil Edwards, Natalya Bochina, and Salvatore Antibo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Andre Phillips ranks 664Before him are Tom Chambers, Fabio Lanzoni, Pete Trewavas, Ronald Pofalla, Marc Shaiman, and Loretta Lynch. After him are Carlos Salem, Bill Hagerty, William R. Moses, Andrea Jung, Kathy Jordan, and Andrey Prokofyev.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Andre Phillips ranks 14,229 out of 20,380Before him are William J. Brennan Jr. (1906), Joel Murray (1963), Tom Price (1954), Bill Cassidy (1957), Michelle Borth (1978), and Paul Caligiuri (1964). After him are Tom Kapinos (1969), Marilyn Quayle (1949), Ali Wong (1982), Russell Allen (1971), Mike Oxley (1944), and Andrea Bowen (1990).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Andre Phillips ranks 462Before him are Stacy Dragila (1971), Millard Hampton (1956), Steve Lewis (1969), Ulis Williams (1941), Bob Clotworthy (1931), and William Steinkraus (1925). After him are Pete George (1929), John Davis (1921), Steve Seymour (1920), Willard Rice (1895), Frank Spellman (1922), and Trischa Zorn (1964).