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Caster Semenya

1991 - Today

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Mokgadi Caster Semenya OIB (born 7 January 1991) is a South African middle-distance runner and winner of two Olympic gold medals and three World Championships in the women's 800 metres. She first won gold at the World Championships in 2009 and went on to win at the 2016 Olympics and the 2017 World Championships, where she also won a bronze medal in the 1500 metres. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Caster Semenya has received more than 8,334,297 page views. Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Caster Semenya is the 2,773rd most popular athlete (down from 1,412th in 2019), the 265th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 167th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular South African Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Caster Semenya ranks 2,773 out of 6,025. Before her are Frank Shakespeare, Albert Arnheiter, Ernő Kolczonay, Christine Scheiblich, Timur Taymazov, and Stacy Dragila. After her are Millard Hampton, Estela Rodríguez, Nicolae Juravschi, Frank Fisher, Ramil Guliyev, and Simon Yates.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1991, Caster Semenya ranks 205. Before her are Carter Cruise, Łukasz Skorupski, Alexandra Shipp, G.E.M., Jeffrey Bruma, and Tolga Sarıtaş. After her are Tornike Shengelia, Gōtoku Sakai, Ramiro Funes Mori, Toby Fox, Tomáš Satoranský, and Luis Salom.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Caster Semenya ranks 265 out of 454. Before her are Joost van der Westhuizen (1971), Zola Budd (1966), Stanley Skewes (1899), Chris Wood (null), Trevor Noah (1984), and Zanele Muholi (1972). After her are Quinton Fortune (1977), MacBeth Sibaya (1977), Pierre Issa (1975), Bryan Habana (1983), John Moshoeu (1965), and Sasha Pieterse (1996).

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Among ATHLETES In South Africa

Among athletes born in South Africa, Caster Semenya ranks 22. Before her are Leal (null), Wayde van Niekerk (1992), Clarence Oldfield (1899), Daphne Hasenjäger (1929), Zola Budd (1966), and Chris Wood (null). After her are Péter Nagy (null), Zhang Jian (null), Josia Thugwane (1971), Kelsey-Lee Barber (1991), Frantz Kruger (1975), and Hestrie Cloete (1978).

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