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Ashton Eaton

1988 - Today

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Ashton James Eaton (born January 21, 1988) is a retired American decathlete and two-time Olympic champion, who holds the world record in the indoor heptathlon event. Eaton was the second decathlete (after Roman Šebrle) to break the 9,000-point barrier in the decathlon, with 9,039 points, a score he bettered on August 29, 2015, when he beat his own world record with a score of 9,045 points, and remains the only person to exceed 9000 points twice. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ashton Eaton has received more than 2,292,817 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Ashton Eaton is the 3,361st most popular athlete (down from 2,247th in 2019), the 15,962nd most popular biography from United States (down from 14,310th in 2019) and the 515th most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ashton Eaton ranks 3,361 out of 6,025. Before him are Niki Bakoyianni, Björn Ferry, Bevan Docherty, Vala Flosadóttir, Frantz Kruger, and Liu Hong. After him are Hestrie Cloete, Olena Pidhrushna, Elana Meyer, Reyes Estévez, Svetlana Goncharenko, and André Bucher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Ashton Eaton ranks 452. Before him are Yuka Iguchi, Sharif Sharifov, Ezgi Eyüboğlu, Nami Tamaki, Nicholas Braun, and Jannick Green. After him are Monika Liu, Anupam Tripathi, Evgeny Korolev, Pablo Hasél, Jun. K, and Coco Rocha.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ashton Eaton ranks 15,962 out of 20,380. Before him are Justice Smith (1995), Joshua Leonard (1975), Terry Sanford (1917), Sticky Fingaz (1973), Nicholas Braun (1988), and Laura Harrier (1990). After him are Walt Dohrn (1970), Jason Dohring (1982), Selenis Leyva (1972), Jason London (1972), Danny Strong (1974), and David Hahn (1976).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Ashton Eaton ranks 515. Before him are Shawn Crawford (1978), Brian Lewis (1974), Antonio Pettigrew (1967), Christian Coleman (1996), Joni Huntley (1956), and LaShawn Merritt (1986). After him are Jay O'Brien (1883), Sunder Nix (1961), Sam Kendricks (1992), Lee Thompson (null), Dan Ayrault (1935), and DeAnna Price (1993).

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