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Daley Thompson

1958 - Today

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Francis Morgan Ayodélé Thompson, (born 30 July 1958), better known as Daley Thompson, is an English former decathlete. He won the decathlon gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, and broke the world record for the event four times. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daley Thompson has received more than 1,612,642 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Daley Thompson is the 2,339th most popular athlete (down from 1,544th in 2019), the 5,888th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,134th in 2019) and the 91st most popular British Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Daley Thompson ranks 2,339 out of 6,025. Before him are Ramona Neubert, John Ngugi, Chidi Imoh, Zbigniew Jaremski, Dieter Baumann, and Vladimir Semenets. After him are Jim Bausch, Aleksandr Klepikov, Bernard Tchoullouyan, Shawnacy Barber, Oleg Golovanov, and Femke Bol.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Daley Thompson ranks 600. Before him are Luther Blissett, Hamza Yusuf, Bernard Blancan, Bob Bell, Ramona Neubert, and Kelly Johnson. After him are Turgut Aykaç, Mitch Albom, Ryoichi Kawakatsu, Alan Hale, Jean-François Clervoy, and Johanna Sinisalo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Daley Thompson ranks 5,888 out of 8,785. Before him are Glen Johnson (1984), Kathleen Ollerenshaw (1912), John Lloyd (1954), Mo Hayder (1962), Bobby Lennox (1943), and R. S. Thomas (1913). After him are Ruth Wilson (1982), Graham Whitehead (1922), Jimmy Dickinson (1925), Peggy Cummins (1925), Gerry Peyton (1956), and Alan Noble (1885).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Daley Thompson ranks 91. Before him are Gerald Logan (1879), Lynn Davies (1942), Barbara Burke (1917), Wally Kinnear (1880), Mary Rand (1940), and Maureen Gardner (1928). After him are Jayne Torvill (1957), Gladys Davis (1893), Chris Tomlinson (1981), David Hemery (1944), Derek Redmond (1965), and Adrian Metcalfe (1942).

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