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Basil Heatley

1933 - 2019

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Benjamin Basil Heatley (25 December 1933 – 3 August 2019) was a British competitive long-distance runner, who was an Olympic marathon silver medallist and former world marathon record-holder. Although he favoured cross country running, he was also a skilled marathon runner and, despite running shoe technology being in its infancy, he was able to adapt easily to the change of conditions underfoot. Heatley was a three-time winner of the English National Cross Country title (1960, 1961, 1963). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Basil Heatley has received more than 55,328 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Basil Heatley is the 1,899th most popular athlete (down from 1,377th in 2019), the 5,217th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,846th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular British Athlete.

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  • 50.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Basil Heatley ranks 1,899 out of 6,025. Before him are Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, Gavino Matta, Liesel Westermann, Teodor Kocerka, Jimmy Ball, and Salvatore Morale. After him are Virgil Jacomini, Ivan Kizimov, Peter Kauzer, Paul Winter, Hisakichi Toyoda, and Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Basil Heatley ranks 497. Before him are Roy Clark, Tom Price, Lloyd Price, Jeffrey Goldstone, Ken Berry, and Bent Hansen. After him are John Cannon, Glenn Corbett, Colin Davis, Donald Burgess, Vic Emery, and Jiří Lanský. Among people deceased in 2019, Basil Heatley ranks 495. Before him are Jürgen Kissner, Eugène Camara, Ugo Colombo, Mitsuhisa Taguchi, Martin Feldstein, and Susan Bernard. After him are Ivan Kizimov, Paul Sauvage, Hamza bin Laden, W. Morgan Sheppard, Andrea Pollack, and Elwyn Berlekamp.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Basil Heatley ranks 5,217 out of 8,785. Before him are Montagu Love (1877), Stigand (null), Ian Raby (1921), Hugh N. Kennedy (1947), Terry Chimes (1956), and Charlotte Riley (1981). After him are Kenny Acheson (1957), China Miéville (1972), R. D. Blackmore (1825), Joseph Wedderburn (1882), Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford (1893), and Mary Lamb (1764).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Basil Heatley ranks 72. Before him are Audrey Williamson (1926), Peter Wright (1970), David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905), George Cornet (1877), Harold Whitlock (1903), and Janet Simpson (1944). After him are Michael Wheeler (1935), Tony Nash (1936), George Goulding (1884), Fiona May (1969), George Hutson (1889), and Paula Radcliffe (1973).

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