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David Hemery

1944 - Today

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David Peter Hemery, (born 18 July 1944) is a British former track and field athlete, best known as the winner of the 400 metres hurdles at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Hemery has received more than 199,341 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). David Hemery is the 2,570th most popular athlete (down from 1,839th in 2019), the 6,061st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,618th in 2019) and the 97th most popular British Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, David Hemery ranks 2,570 out of 6,025. Before him are Salah Hissou, Mohamed Kedir, Fernanda Ribeiro, Aries Merritt, Miguel White, and Wang Yifu. After him are Maria Fricioiu, Harry Edward, Ivan Zaytsev, Andreas Zülow, Joshua Green, and Myriam Bédard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, David Hemery ranks 710. Before him are Cathy Lee Crosby, Celeste Yarnall, Richard A. Muller, David Gerrold, Johnny Isakson, and Krystyna Kuperberg. After him are Bernie Worrell, Julia Phillips, Roberto Hodge, Storrs L. Olson, Charles L. Veach, and Terry Cooper.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Hemery ranks 6,061 out of 8,785. Before him are Henry Cockburn (1921), Mark Millar (1969), Martin Bashir (1963), Frederick Merriman (1873), Tom Kilburn (1921), and Rory Kinnear (1978). After him are Charles Ingram (1963), Michael Foale (1957), Peter Ashdown (1934), Vic Crowe (1932), Ronald Searle (1920), and Toyah Willcox (1958).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, David Hemery ranks 97. Before him are Mary Rand (1940), Maureen Gardner (1928), Daley Thompson (1958), Jayne Torvill (1957), Gladys Davis (1893), and Chris Tomlinson (1981). After him are Derek Redmond (1965), Adrian Metcalfe (1942), Sonia Robertson (1947), Alastair McCorquodale (1925), Sylvia Cheeseman (1929), and Steve Cram (1960).

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