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David Rudisha

1988 - Today

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David Lekuta Rudisha, MBS (born 17 December 1988) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. He is a two-time back-to-back Olympic champion from the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympics, a two-time World champion from the 2011 and 2015 World Championships in Athletics, and a world record holder at the event with a time of 1:40.91, set at the 2012 London Games on 9 August 2012. Rudisha is the first and only person to ever run 800 metres under 1:41, and he holds the three fastest, six of the eight fastest, and half of the twenty fastest times ever run in this event.Rudisha established his running career at the St. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Rudisha has received more than 960,944 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). David Rudisha is the 2,349th most popular athlete (down from 1,867th in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Kenya (up from 43rd in 2019) and the 21st most popular Kenyan Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 960k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of David Rudishas by language

Over the past year David Rudisha has had the most page views in the with 102,216 views, followed by Italian (12,813), and French (10,499). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Italian (119.10%), Belarusian (97.02%), and Catalan (43.62%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, David Rudisha ranks 2,349 out of 6,025. Before him are Shawnacy Barber, Oleg Golovanov, Femke Bol, Silvia Chivás, István Szívós, and Marieke Vervoort. After him are Kirsten Emmelmann, Bob Tisdall, Charles Austin, Françoise Mbango Etone, Werner von Moltke, and Wilbur Thompson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, David Rudisha ranks 203. Before him are Nicolas Batum, Robbie Amell, Danilo D'Ambrosio, Adrián López, Amanda Nunes, and Alfred Enoch. After him are Changmin, Benny Blanco, Tim Krul, Colton Haynes, Behati Prinsloo, and Atsuto Uchida.

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In Kenya

Among people born in Kenya, David Rudisha ranks 40 out of 150. Before him are Wilson Kiprugut (1938), Ben Jipcho (1943), Dennis Kipruto Kimetto (1984), Mike Boit (1949), Moses Kiptanui (1970), and John Ngugi (1962). After him are Samuel Wanjiru (1986), Naftali Bon (1945), Julius Kariuki (1961), Jaramogi Oginga Odinga (1911), William Tanui (1964), and Asbel Kiprop (1989).

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Among ATHLETES In Kenya

Among athletes born in Kenya, David Rudisha ranks 21. Before him are Wilson Kiprugut (1938), Ben Jipcho (1943), Dennis Kipruto Kimetto (1984), Mike Boit (1949), Moses Kiptanui (1970), and John Ngugi (1962). After him are Samuel Wanjiru (1986), Naftali Bon (1945), Julius Kariuki (1961), William Tanui (1964), Asbel Kiprop (1989), and Bernard Lagat (1974).

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