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Derrick Adkins

1970 - Today

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Derrick Ralph Adkins (born July 2, 1970) is a former American track and field athlete who specialized in the 400-meter hurdles. He was an Olympic gold medalist in that event at the 1996 Summer Olympics and World Champion at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics. He was the fastest man in the world in the 1994 and 1996 seasons, and holds a personal record of 47.54 seconds. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Derrick Adkins has received more than 60,483 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Derrick Adkins is the 3,248th most popular athlete (down from 2,720th in 2019), the 15,711th most popular biography from United States (down from 15,448th in 2019) and the 506th most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 60k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Derrick Adkins ranks 3,248 out of 6,025. Before him are Constanța Burcică, Wilfred Bungei, Katrin Apel, Orlando Duque, Vladimir Alikin, and Maria Cioncan. After him are Sheila Sherwood, Nikolay Gulyayev, Anette Norberg, Ioamnet Quintero, Anastasia Kelesidou, and Kelsey-Lee Barber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Derrick Adkins ranks 753. Before him are Josip Zovko, Kentaro Sawada, Brooke Langton, Tracy Middendorf, Heli Rantanen, and James Lesure. After him are Gilles Grimandi, Olga Danilova, Rodolfo Chikilicuatre, Natalia Mishkutionok, Ahmed Jamil, and Vadim Bogiev.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Derrick Adkins ranks 15,711 out of 20,380. Before him are Keith Ellison (1963), Jake McDorman (1986), Yurizan Beltran (1986), Analeigh Tipton (1988), Christa Campbell (1972), and Lark Voorhies (1974). After him are John Benjamin Hickey (1963), Chris Stapleton (1978), Leah Dizon (1986), Harry F. Byrd Jr. (1914), Trevor Morgan (1986), and Sheila Ingram (1957).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Derrick Adkins ranks 506. Before him are Inger Miller (1972), Wayne Collett (1949), Sha'Carri Richardson (2000), Susanna Kallur (1981), Benita Fitzgerald-Brown (1961), and George Poage (1880). After him are Sheila Ingram (1957), Danny Everett (1966), Shawn Crawford (1978), Brian Lewis (1974), Antonio Pettigrew (1967), and Christian Coleman (1996).

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