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Colin Jackson

1967 - Today

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Colin Ray Jackson, (born 18 February 1967) is a Welsh former sprint and hurdling athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles. During a career in which he represented Great Britain and Wales, he won an Olympic silver medal, became world champion twice, world indoor champion once, was undefeated at the European Championships for 12 years and was twice Commonwealth champion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Colin Jackson has received more than 2,146,977 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Colin Jackson is the 3,000th most popular athlete (down from 2,518th in 2019), the 6,517th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,283rd in 2019) and the 107th most popular British Athlete.

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  • 2.1M

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  • 45.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Colin Jackson ranks 3,000 out of 6,025. Before him are Attila Horváth, Kirk Baptiste, Tapio Sipilä, Nikolay Chernetskiy, Harvey Glance, and Ami Yuasa. After him are Robert Hedin, Artur Partyka, Zersenay Tadese, Violeta Szekely, Eduard Hämäläinen, and Vivian Cheruiyot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Colin Jackson ranks 657. Before him are Brian Michael Bendis, Michiel Bartman, Jacky Durand, Attila Horváth, Jaime Yzaga, and Achim Beierlorzer. After him are Angelika Amon, Michael Gove, Mnatsakan Iskandaryan, Wílmer Cabrera, Grigoriy Yegorov, and Uwe Dassler.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Colin Jackson ranks 6,517 out of 8,785. Before him are Dakota Blue Richards (1994), Dennis Waterman (1948), Dhani Harrison (1978), Michael Kiwanuka (1987), Charles Mesure (1970), and Daniel Howell (1991). After him are Tom Bateman (1989), Mark Lawrenson (1957), Leslie Ward (1851), Tamer Hassan (1968), Cal Crutchlow (1985), and Linda Bassett (1950).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Colin Jackson ranks 107. Before him are Alastair McCorquodale (1925), Sylvia Cheeseman (1929), Steve Cram (1960), June Foulds (1934), John Disley (1928), and Sandra Chick (1947). After him are Peter Radford (1939), Carole Quinton (1936), Eileen Hiscock (1909), Alan Pascoe (1947), Walter D'Hondt (1936), and Brendan Foster (1948).

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