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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 a British 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 1,176,412 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Daley Thompson is the 1,545th most popular athlete (down from 1,111th in 2019), the 5,146th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,983rd in 2019) and the 53rd most popular British Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Daley Thompson ranks 1,545 out of 3,059. Before him are Viola Myers, Nino Salukvadze, Émile Delchambre, Al LeConey, Yoshihisa Yoshikawa, and Bernard Tchoullouyan. After him are Hennadiy Avdyeyenko, Christophe Lemaitre, John Anderson, Olga Kuzenkova, Larry Myricks, and Lennox Miller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Daley Thompson ranks 450. Before him are Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, Andris Šķēle, Roland Koch, Shalva Natelashvili, George Saunders, and Scott Rudin. After him are Masakuni Yamamoto, Julio César Uribe, Amadou Dia Ba, Bengt-Åke Gustafsson, Etienne De Wilde, and Thierry Tusseau.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Daley Thompson ranks 5,146 out of 7,765. Before him are Bunny Austin (1906), Ann Jones (1938), Henry Vaughan (1621), Hannah John-Kamen (1989), Max Hastings (1945), and William Wycherley (1640). After him are Skandar Keynes (1991), Holmes Herbert (1882), David Robb (1947), Ronald Searle (1920), Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock (1924), and John Arden (1930).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Daley Thompson ranks 53. Before him are Basil Heatley (1933), Sheila Lerwill (1928), Ken Matthews (1934), Steve Redgrave (1962), Harold Whitlock (1903), and Douglas Lowe (1902). After him are Steve Ovett (1955), David Jacobs (1888), Queenie Newall (1854), Allan Wells (1952), Fiona May (1969), and Mary Rand (1940).

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