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Evelyn Ashford

1957 - Today

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Evelyn Ashford (born April 15, 1957) is an American retired track and field athlete, the 1984 Olympic champion in the 100-meter dash, and the world record-holder in the 60-yard dash. She ran under the 11-second barrier over 30 times and was the first woman to run under 11 seconds in an Olympic Games. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Evelyn Ashford has received more than 404,179 page views. Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Evelyn Ashford is the 321st most popular athlete (up from 456th in 2019), the 5,087th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,382nd in 2019) and the 73rd most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Evelyn Ashford ranks 321 out of 6,025. Before her are Nawal El Moutawakel, Arne Åhman, Gabriele Reinsch, Armas Toivonen, Eugenio Monti, and Ernesto Ambrosini. After her are Jean Bouin, Frank Foss, Evangelos Damaskos, Archon of Pella, Olga Gyarmati, and George Horine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Evelyn Ashford ranks 182. Before her are Rustam Minnikhanov, Rachel Ward, Miguel Ángel Lotina, Joanna Pacuła, José Mário Vaz, and Eric S. Raymond. After her are Kevin Pollak, Željko Ivanek, Mirjana Karanović, Adri van Tiggelen, Tad Williams, and Carlos Renato Frederico.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Evelyn Ashford ranks 5,087 out of 20,380. Before her are Hunter Biden (1970), Kenneth Bainbridge (1904), Brent Scowcroft (1925), Vincent J. McMahon (1914), Deborah Lipstadt (1947), and Tony Williams (1945). After her are Charlie Mariano (1923), George Huntington (1850), Katherine Anne Porter (1890), Mackenyu (1996), Blind Lemon Jefferson (1893), and Frank Foss (1895).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Evelyn Ashford ranks 73. Before her are Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1962), Henry Russell (1904), Ethel Catherwood (1908), Don Bragg (1935), Bob King (1906), and Arthur Blake (1872). After her are Frank Foss (1895), George Horine (1890), William Porter (1926), Bill Nieder (1933), Albert Gutterson (1887), and Dexter Jackson (1969).

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