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Don Quarrie

1951 - Today

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Donald O'Riley Quarrie CD (born 25 February 1951) is a Jamaican former track and field athlete, one of the world's top sprinters during the 1970s. At the 1976 Summer Olympics he was the gold medallist in the Olympic 200 meters and silver medallist in the Olympic 100 meters. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Don Quarrie has received more than 196,893 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Don Quarrie is the 680th most popular athlete (down from 554th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Jamaica and the 7th most popular Jamaican Athlete.

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  • 200k

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  • 47.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Don Quarrie ranks 680 out of 6,025. Before him are Bärbel Wöckel, Harriet Bland, Hartmut Briesenick, Siiri Rantanen, Ingrid Becker, and Gheorghe Berceanu. After him are Viljo Heino, Mykola Avilov, Bengt Eriksson, Gjermund Eggen, Hugh Anderson, and Bevil Rudd.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Don Quarrie ranks 354. Before him are Kim Manners, Jan Krzysztof Bielecki, Miguel Sandoval, Phil Neal, Gary Rossington, and Marvin Heemeyer. After him are Marsha Ivins, Andranik Eskandarian, Hans-Jürgen Dörner, Donato Bilancia, Andris Bērziņš, and Luc Ferry.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Don Quarrie ranks 37 out of 189. Before him are John Barnes (1963), Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (1986), George Rhoden (1926), Portia Simpson-Miller (1945), Raheem Sterling (1994), and Monty Alexander (1944). After him are Carl Douglas (1942), King Tubby (1941), Errol Brown (1948), Ziggy Marley (1968), Gregory Isaacs (1951), and Bilal Philips (1947).

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Among ATHLETES In Jamaica

Among athletes born in Jamaica, Don Quarrie ranks 7. Before him are Usain Bolt (1986), Ben Johnson (1961), Merlene Ottey (1960), Asafa Powell (1982), Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (1986), and George Rhoden (1926). After him are George Kerr (1937), Lennox Miller (1946), Yohan Blake (1989), Arthur Wint (1920), Shawn Rhoden (1975), and Herb McKenley (1922).

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