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Asafa Powell

1982 - Today

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Asafa Powell CD (born 23 November 1982) is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialised in the 100 metres. He set the 100 metres world record twice, between June 2005 and May 2008 with times of 9.77 and 9.74 seconds. Powell has consistently broken the 10-second barrier in competition, with his personal best of 9.72 s ranking fourth on the all-time list of men's 100-metre athletes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Asafa Powell has received more than 1,522,752 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Asafa Powell is the 259th most popular athlete (up from 357th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Jamaica (up from 30th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Jamaican Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Asafa Powell ranks 259 out of 6,025. Before him are Ugo Frigerio, Aleksander Klumberg, Dragutin Šurbek, Meriones, Ilmari Salminen, and Terry Fox. After him are Giulio Gaudini, Dominik Hašek, Tatyana Kazankina, Erik Lundqvist, John Ljunggren, and Frederick Lorz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Asafa Powell ranks 40. Before him are Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Sebastian Stan, Paul Wesley, Hayley Atwell, Lang Lang, and Cobie Smulders. After him are Matt Smith, Natalie Dormer, Jared Padalecki, Antonio Cassano, Lauren Cohan, and Adam Lambert.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Asafa Powell ranks 18 out of 189. Before him are Merlene Ottey (1960), Trevor Berbick (1954), Lee "Scratch" Perry (1936), Patrick Ewing (1962), Desmond Dekker (1941), and Stephen Hopkins (1958). After him are Burning Spear (1945), Madge Sinclair (1938), Sean Paul (1973), Bunny Wailer (1947), Max Romeo (1944), and DJ Kool Herc (1955).

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Among ATHLETES In Jamaica

Among athletes born in Jamaica, Asafa Powell ranks 4. Before him are Usain Bolt (1986), Ben Johnson (1961), and Merlene Ottey (1960). After him are Carol (null), Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (1986), George Rhoden (1926), Don Quarrie (1951), George Kerr (1937), Lennox Miller (1946), Yohan Blake (1989), and Arthur Wint (1920).

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