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Donovan Bailey

1967 - Today

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Donovan Bailey (born December 16, 1967) is a retired Jamaican-Canadian sprinter. He once held the world record for the 100 metres. He recorded a time of 9.84 seconds to become Olympic champion in 1996. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Donovan Bailey has received more than 1,336,903 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Donovan Bailey is the 2,057th most popular athlete (down from 1,103rd in 2019), the 67th most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 50th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Jamaican Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Donovan Bailey ranks 2,057 out of 6,025. Before him are Harald Hein, Giovanni Delise, Diane Foster, Tiril Eckhoff, George Hutson, and Daniel Rudisha. After him are Nesta Carter, Josef Kloimstein, Burton Downing, Ferenc Török, Oscar Osthoff, and Saida Gunba.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Donovan Bailey ranks 404. Before him are Dana Ashbrook, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Carrie Preston, Natalia Wörner, Shuzo Matsuoka, and Massimo Ficcadenti. After him are Gosha Kutsenko, Risto Laakkonen, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Jan Eriksson, Fernando Tejero, and James McTeigue.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Donovan Bailey ranks 67 out of 189. Before him are Kenneth O. Hall (1941), Herb McKenley (1922), Millie Small (1947), Andrew Holness (1972), Coxsone Dodd (1932), and Linford Christie (1960). After him are Nesta Carter (1985), John Holt (1947), Howard Cooke (1915), Roger Cross (1969), Bruce Golding (1947), and Alexander Bustamante (1884).

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Among ATHLETES In Jamaica

Among athletes born in Jamaica, Donovan Bailey ranks 16. Before him are Lennox Miller (1946), Yohan Blake (1989), Arthur Wint (1920), Shawn Rhoden (1975), Herb McKenley (1922), and Linford Christie (1960). After him are Nesta Carter (1985), Veronica Campbell-Brown (1982), Elaine Thompson (1992), Keith Gardner (1929), Michael Frater (1982), and Grace Jackson (1961).

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