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Elana Meyer

1966 - Today

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Elana Meyer, OIS, (born 10 October 1966) is a South African long-distance runner who won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the 10,000 metres event. Meyer set the 15 kilometres road running African record of 46:57 minutes in November 1991 in Cape Town. The record was equalled by Ethiopia's Mestawet Tufa in 2008. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elana Meyer has received more than 76,341 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Elana Meyer is the 3,203rd most popular athlete (down from 2,945th in 2019), the 300th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 283rd in 2019) and the 21st most popular South African Athlete.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Elana Meyer ranks 3,203 out of 6,025. Before her are Vala Flosadóttir, Frantz Kruger, Liu Hong, Ashton Eaton, Hestrie Cloete, and Olena Pidhrushna. After her are Reyes Estévez, Svetlana Goncharenko, André Bucher, Rolf Thorsen, Jay O'Brien, and Martin Ponsiluoma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Elana Meyer ranks 738. Before her are Juan Vizcaíno, Dana Barron, Leo Visser, Sergei Revin, Hwang Hye-young, and Jan Karlsson. After her are John D. Olivas, Francisco Javier Cruz, Rachel Dratch, Karin Enström, Niclas Nyhlén, and Edward Shearmur.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Elana Meyer ranks 300 out of 454. Before her are Ernie Els (1969), Zozibini Tunzi (1993), Neil Turok (1958), Hector Pieterson (1963), Frantz Kruger (1975), and Hestrie Cloete (1978). After her are Leka, Crown Prince of Albania (1982), Cheslin Kolbe (1993), Rosalyn Fairbank (1960), Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (1980), Es'kia Mphahlele (1919), and Olaf Kölzig (1970).

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Among ATHLETES In South Africa

Among athletes born in South Africa, Elana Meyer ranks 21. Before her are Zola Budd (1966), Caster Semenya (1991), Josia Thugwane (1971), Kelsey-Lee Barber (1991), Frantz Kruger (1975), and Hestrie Cloete (1978). After her are Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (1980), Okkert Brits (1973), Luvo Manyonga (1991), Sunette Viljoen (1983), Jacques Freitag (1982), and L. J. van Zyl (1985).

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