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Brendan Foster

1948 - Today

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Sir Brendan Foster (born 12 January 1948) is a British former long-distance runner, athletics commentator and road race organiser. He founded the Great North Run, one of the sport's most high profile half-marathon races. As an athlete, he won the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the gold medal in the 5,000 metres at the 1974 European Championships and the 10,000 metres at the 1978 Commonwealth Games. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brendan Foster has received more than 513,717 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Brendan Foster is the 3,235th most popular athlete (down from 2,650th in 2019), the 6,719th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,368th in 2019) and the 113th most popular British Athlete.

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  • 510k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Brendan Foster ranks 3,235 out of 6,025. Before him are George Poage, Heli Rantanen, Sylvain Guillaume, Wang Liping, Aleksandra Mirosław, and Moritz Wagner. After him are Valentyna Semerenko, Eunice Barber, Filip Ingebrigtsen, Richard Chelimo, Niels van der Zwan, and Maikro Romero.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Brendan Foster ranks 783. Before him are Jack Dalrymple, Dan Gable, Earl Blumenauer, Jeffrey Evans, 4th Baron Mountevans, Charlie Scott, and Austin Carr. After him are Fred Brown, Bob Barr, Bob Woolmer, Tom Coburn, Barbara Mandrell, and Dave Heineman.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Brendan Foster ranks 6,719 out of 8,785. Before him are Emma Corrin (1995), Gary O'Neil (1983), Tom Pidcock (1999), Steve Bould (1962), Ruta Gedmintas (1983), and Tim Sherwood (1969). After him are Darren Ferguson (1972), Jessica Barden (1992), Paloma Faith (1981), Cahal Daly (1917), Andy Roxburgh (1943), and Rory McIlroy (1989).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Brendan Foster ranks 113. Before him are Colin Jackson (1967), Peter Radford (1939), Carole Quinton (1936), Eileen Hiscock (1909), Alan Pascoe (1947), and Walter D'Hondt (1936). After him are Sheila Sherwood (1945), Nellie Halstead (1910), Jean Pickering (1929), Kirsten Barnes (1968), Dorothy Hyman (1941), and Richard Meade (1938).

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