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Don Thompson

1933 - 2006

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Donald James Thompson MBE (20 January 1933 – 3 October 2006) was an English racewalker. He was the only British man to win a gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics, in the 50 km walk. He also won a bronze medal at the 1962 European Championships, also for the 50 km walk.Thompson was born in Hillingdon, London and taught maths at Southland's comprehensive school, New Romney, from the mid 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Don Thompson has received more than 18,159 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Don Thompson is the 583rd most popular athlete (down from 489th in 2019), the 3,480th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,483rd in 2019) and the 24th most popular British Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 18k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Don Thompsons by language

Over the past year Don Thompson has had the most page views in the with 1,477 views, followed by Russian (917), and Italian (836). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Finnish (50.20%), Norwegian (Nynorsk) (44.91%), and Russian (30.07%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Don Thompson ranks 583 out of 6,025. Before her are Eduardo Guerrero, Patrick Ryan, Tommy Hampson, Karen Hoff, Anatoly Alyabyev, and Valeri Popenchenko. After her are Émile Grumiaux, Ray Barbuti, Andreas Krieger, Karel Mejta Sr, Isao Okano, and Richmond Landon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Don Thompson ranks 349. Before her are Alfredo Landa, Semyon Farada, Ela Bhatt, Yelena Gorchakova, William Kahan, and Valentin Bubukin. After her are Ira Murchison, Bengt Berndtsson, Reiner Kunze, Imants Ziedonis, Leonid Kharitonov, and Basdeo Panday. Among people deceased in 2006, Don Thompson ranks 234. Before her are Teresa Ciepły, Ted Grant, Carlo Acutis, Mirko Marjanović, Imrich Stacho, and Maxi Herber. After her are Wolfgang Unzicker, Gösta Löfgren, Ángel Suquía Goicoechea, Jaroslav Pelikan, Ferenc Machos, and Ondina Valla.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Don Thompson ranks 3,480 out of 8,785. Before her are Ken Livingstone (1945), Hereward the Wake (1035), Margaret Mee (1909), Theo James (1984), Tommy Hampson (1907), and Æthelthryth (636). After her are Natascha McElhone (1969), Claire Foy (1984), John Mayhew (1947), Bernard Sumner (1956), Steve Hogarth (1956), and Frederick Guthrie (1833).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Don Thompson ranks 24. Before her are Willie Applegarth (1890), Albert Hill (1889), Arthur Russell (1886), Eddie Owen (1886), Henry Macintosh (1892), and Tommy Hampson (1907). After her are Wyndham Halswelle (1882), Bill Roberts (1912), Dorothy Tyler-Odam (1920), Robert Lindsay (1890), Steve Redgrave (1962), and Victor d'Arcy (1887).

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