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Anthony Ervin

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Anthony Lee Ervin (born May 26, 1981) is an American competition swimmer who has won four Olympic medals and two World Championship golds. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the men's 50-meter freestyle, and earned a silver medal as a member of the second-place United States relay team in the 4×100-meter freestyle event. He was the second swimmer of African descent after Anthony Nesty of Suriname to win an individual gold medal in Olympic swimming. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anthony Ervin has received more than 877,896 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Anthony Ervin is the 341st most popular swimmer (down from 189th in 2019), the 17,189th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,916th in 2019) and the 114th most popular American Swimmer.

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  • 880k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Anthony Ervin ranks 341 out of 709. Before him are Adam Peaty, Tiffany Cohen, Chad le Clos, Anastasia Davydova, Tom Dean, and Lukas Märtens. After him are David Berkoff, Mary T. Meagher, Siobhán Haughey, Penelope Heyns, Ye Shiwen, and Gary Hall Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Anthony Ervin ranks 886. Before him are Ottessa Moshfegh, Nancy Langat, Qu Bo, Corona, Dany Heatley, and David García. After him are Andreas Glyniadakis, Kristina Barrois, Danilo Napolitano, Sharon Van Etten, Ruslan Pimenov, and Haykel Guemamdia.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Anthony Ervin ranks 17,189 out of 20,380. Before him are Jim Craig (1957), Anthony Johnson (1984), Chad Hugo (1974), Kara DioGuardi (1970), Pat Miletich (1968), and Alexa Nikolas (1992). After him are David Berkoff (1966), D-Von Dudley (1972), Perry Saturn (1966), Ronnie Vannucci Jr. (1976), Carolyn Murphy (1974), and Mary T. Meagher (1964).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Anthony Ervin ranks 114. Before him are Jason Lezak (1975), Caeleb Dressel (1996), Tracy Caulkins (1963), Jon Olsen (1969), Angel Martino (1967), and Tiffany Cohen (1966). After him are David Berkoff (1966), Mary T. Meagher (1964), Gary Hall Jr. (1974), Sharon Wichman (1952), Brendan Hansen (1981), and Rick Carey (1963).

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