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Carlos Lopes

1947 - Today

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Carlos Alberto de Sousa Lopes, GCIH (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkaɾluʒ ˈlɔpɨʃ], born 18 February 1947) is a Portuguese former long-distance runner who competed for Sporting of Portugal at club level. He won the marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, becoming Portugal's first Olympic gold medalist and setting an Olympic record for the event. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carlos Lopes has received more than 167,198 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Carlos Lopes is the 131st most popular athlete (up from 137th in 2019), the 3,819th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,864th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular American Athlete.

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  • 51.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Carlos Lopes ranks 131 out of 3,059Before him are Gyula Kellner, Edwin Moses, Nasser Al-Attiyah, Roger Bannister, Donald Lippincott, and Lauri Lehtinen. After him are Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Thomas Curtis, Jürgen Schult, Lee Evans, Johan Grøttumsbråten, and Lia Manoliu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Carlos Lopes ranks 245Before him are Godfrey Chitalu, Peter Strauss, Mick Box, Gerry Rafferty, Meiko Kaji, and Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein. After him are Mile Mrkšić, Ray Wise, Alan Thicke, Louis Michel, David Chiang, and Martin Winterkorn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carlos Lopes ranks 3,819 out of 18,182Before him are Robert Brout (1928), Daniel D. Tompkins (1774), Philip Baker Hall (1931), William Joseph Simmons (1880), Gary Snyder (1930), and Darlene Conley (1934). After him are Lobo (1943), Miriam Hopkins (1902), Norman Taurog (1899), Thomas E. Dewey (1902), Ryan Phillippe (1974), and John Doman (1945).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Carlos Lopes ranks 32Before him are John Paine (1870), Frank Jarvis (1878), Jay Cutler (1973), Michael Johnson (1967), Edwin Moses (1955), and Donald Lippincott (1893). After him are Thomas Curtis (1873), Lee Evans (1947), John Carlos (1945), Harrison Dillard (1923), Bob King (1906), and Ralph Boston (1939).