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Coroebus of Elis

800 BC - 800 BC

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Coroebus of Elis (Greek: Κόροιβος Ἠλεῖος, Kóroibos Ēleîos; Latin: Coroebus Eleus) was a Greek cook, baker, and athlete from Elis. He is remembered as the winner (ολυμπιονίκες, olympioníkes) of the first recorded Olympics, which consisted of a single footrace known as the stade or stadion. He is frequently described as having won the first Olympic Games, but Eusebius and other ancient writers stated that he was simply the first recorded winner, variously placing the first games in the Heroic Age, 27 olympiads before Coroebus, or 13 olympiads before. Coroebus being the earliest winner known to Hippias, his is still reckoned the "1st Olympiad"; following Hippias's dating, his victory is generally placed in the summer of the year 776 BC. The stadium at Olympia was one stade (600 Greek feet, 630.8 English feet, 192.27 m) long and the competition was still clothed in his time, naked competition beginning with Orsippus around 720 BC. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Coroebus of Elis has received more than 122,230 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Coroebus of Elis is the 39th most popular athlete (down from 22nd in 2019), the 343rd most popular biography from Greece and the 3rd most popular Greek Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Coroebus of Elis ranks 39 out of 3,059. Before him are Al Oerter, Frank Zane, Ben Johnson, Sohn Kee-chung, Shizo Kanakuri, and Vasily Alekseyev. After him are Ivan Patzaichin, Tommie Smith, Mark Phillips, Jānis Lūsis, Theagenes of Thasos, and Alberto Juantorena.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 800 BC, Coroebus of Elis ranks 25. Before him are Pekahiah, Menahem, Tantamani, Duke Huan of Qi, Shabaka, and Rusa I. After him are Ashur-nirari V, Ashur-nadin-shumi, Shebitku, Theopompus of Sparta, Rusa II, and Rudamun. Among people deceased in 800 BC, Coroebus of Elis ranks 8. Before him are Jotham of Judah, Titus Tatius, Tarpeia, Caranus of Macedon, Shammuramat, and Shabaka. After him are Bakenranef, Tefnakht, Coenus of Macedon, Pami, Osorkon IV, and Ben-Hadad III.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Coroebus of Elis ranks 343 out of 936. Before him are Hellanicus of Lesbos (-490), Iphicrates (-415), Antenor (-590), Eurydice of Egypt (-400), Antiochus XII Dionysus (-150), and Anaxarchus (-380). After him are Diagoras of Rhodes (-500), Ahmed Izzet Pasha (1864), Lucas Papademos (1947), Aratus of Sicyon (-271), Brennus (-301), and Aglaonice (null).

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Among ATHLETES In Greece

Among athletes born in Greece, Coroebus of Elis ranks 3. Before him are Spyridon Louis (1873) and Leonidas of Rhodes (-200). After him are Theagenes of Thasos (-500), Stamata Revithi (1866), Charilaos Vasilakos (1877), Konstantinos Tsiklitiras (1888), Evangelos Damaskos (1801), Dimitrios Golemis (1874), Yiannis Kouros (1956), Georgios Papasideris (1875), and Ioannis Theodoropoulos (1900).

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