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Dawn Harper-Nelson

1984 - Today

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Dawn Harper-Nelson (born May 13, 1984) is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the 100-meter hurdles. She was the gold medalist in the event at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the silver medalist in the 2012 London Olympic Games and the 2017 World Championships. Harper is the first American 100-meter hurdler to ever win gold at an Olympics and medal in the following Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dawn Harper-Nelson has received more than 165,322 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Dawn Harper-Nelson is the 6,981st most popular athlete (down from 4,246th in 2019), the 19,982nd most popular biography from United States (down from 17,722nd in 2019) and the 805th most popular American Athlete.

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  • 170k

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  • 31.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Dawn Harper-Nelson ranks 6,981 out of 6,025Before her are Yulia Zykova, Julie Jensen, Niklas Wellen, Chiara Pellacani, Ese Brume, and Rebecca Henderson. After her are Tanja Frank, Sönke Rothenberger, Giovanni Tocci, Eusebio Cáceres, John Smith, and Anita Horvat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Dawn Harper-Nelson ranks 1,468Before her are Taishi Tsunada, Nico Pulzetti, Marcin Brzeziński, Eiichiro Ozaki, Masatomo Kuba, and Brent Bookwalter. After her are Shintaro Hirai, Chris Copeland, Udita Goswami, Darren Potter, Saba Qamar, and Yasumichi Uchima.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dawn Harper-Nelson ranks 19,982 out of 20,380Before her are Brandan Wright (1987), Piper Curda (1997), Cherami Leigh (1988), Sean Garrett (1979), Trevor Daniel (1994), and Britain Dalton (2001). After her are Kathleen York (2000), Meyers Leonard (1992), Dante Cunningham (1987), Glenn Eller (1982), Benjamin Diskin (1982), and RJ Cyler (1995).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Dawn Harper-Nelson ranks 805Before her are Arman Hall (1994), Collin Morikawa (1997), Marvin Bracy (1993), Efrén Navarro (1986), Francena McCorory (1988), and Chelsea Johnson (1983). After her are Glenn Eller (1982), Jake Kaminski (1988), Gianna Woodruff (1993), Amber English (1989), Stan Okoye (1991), and Mark López (1982).