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Carlos Lopes

1947 - Today

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Carlos Alberto de Sousa Lopes (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkaɾluʒ ˈlɔpɨʃ], born 18 February 1947) is a Portuguese former long-distance runner and world-record holder in the marathon. He won the marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, becoming Portugal's first Olympic gold medalist, the oldest ever Olympic marathon winner at the age of 37, and setting an Olympic record for the event which stood for 24 years. On 20 April 1985, Lopes set the men's marathon world record at 2:07:12 at the Rotterdam Marathon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carlos Lopes has received more than 182,919 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Carlos Lopes is the 157th most popular athlete (down from 131st in 2019), the 3,711th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,809th in 2019) and the 40th most popular American Athlete.

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  • 180k

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  • 53.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Carlos Lopes ranks 157 out of 6,025. Before him are Roger Bannister, Robert Hennet, Ken McArthur, Naim Süleymanoğlu, John Carlos, and Silvio Cator. After him are Gretel Bergmann, Galina Zybina, Viggo Jensen, Klas Lestander, Gioacchino Guaragna, and Johan Grøttumsbråten.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Carlos Lopes ranks 270. Before him are Alan Dale, Lev Rubinstein, László Fazekas, Jozef De Kesel, Peter Senge, and Tim Buckley. After him are David Chiang, Jean Echenoz, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein, Joe Morton, and Ann Hui.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carlos Lopes ranks 3,711 out of 20,380. Before him are Claire Trevor (1910), Linda McMahon (1948), Tim Buckley (1947), Howard Fast (1914), William Thurston (1946), and Richard E. Bellman (1920). After him are Vince Gilligan (1967), Jon Krakauer (1954), Harris Yulin (1937), Mancur Olson (1932), Sandra Faber (1944), and Eddie Albert (1906).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Carlos Lopes ranks 40. Before him are Thomas Curtis (1873), Sherm Clark (1899), Jim Thorpe (1887), Harrison Dillard (1923), Barbara Jones (1937), and John Carlos (1945). After him are Ralph Craig (1889), James Quinn (1906), Jay Cutler (1973), Parry O'Brien (1932), Lee Evans (1947), and Harry Hillman (1881).

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