1961 - Today
Fatima Whitbread, (née Vedad; 3 March 1961) is a British retired javelin thrower. She broke the world record with a throw of 77.44 m (254 ft 3⁄4 in) in the qualifying round of the 1986 European Athletics Championships in Stuttgart, and became the first British athlete to set a world record in a throwing event. Whitbread went on to win the European title that year, and took the gold medal at the 1987 World Championships. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fatima Whitbread has received more than 1,997,768 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Fatima Whitbread is the 3,303rd most popular athlete (down from 2,332nd in 2019), the 6,791st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,152nd in 2019) and the 105th most popular British Athlete.
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Among athletes, Fatima Whitbread ranks 3,303 out of 3,059. Before her are Hripsime Khurshudyan, Anton Babikov, Wang Yihan, Krisztián Tóth, Josip Glasnović, and Óscar Brayson. After her are Peter Kauzer, Annekatrin Thiele, David Payne, Brigitte Yagüe, Fredrik Pettersson, and Aslı Çakır Alptekin.
1987 - Present
HPI: 26.24
Rank: 3,297
1991 - Present
HPI: 26.24
Rank: 3,298
1988 - Present
HPI: 26.23
Rank: 3,299
1994 - Present
HPI: 26.23
Rank: 3,300
1983 - Present
HPI: 26.23
Rank: 3,301
1985 - Present
HPI: 26.23
Rank: 3,302
1961 - Present
HPI: 26.23
Rank: 3,303
1983 - Present
HPI: 26.21
Rank: 3,304
1984 - Present
HPI: 26.21
Rank: 3,305
1982 - Present
HPI: 26.20
Rank: 3,306
1981 - Present
HPI: 26.19
Rank: 3,307
1987 - Present
HPI: 26.19
Rank: 3,308
1985 - Present
HPI: 26.17
Rank: 3,309
Among people born in 1961, Fatima Whitbread ranks 733. Before her are Gary Mabbutt, Crystal Bernard, Allen West, Ian Blackford, Kim Turner, and Lisa Lampanelli. After her are Charlie Nicholas, Yvonne McGregor, Brian McDermott, Mitch Gaylord, Ron Brown, and Joe Walsh.
1961 - Present
HPI: 26.66
Rank: 727
1961 - Present
HPI: 26.59
Rank: 728
1961 - Present
HPI: 26.58
Rank: 729
1961 - Present
HPI: 26.46
Rank: 730
1961 - Present
HPI: 26.39
Rank: 731
1961 - Present
HPI: 26.35
Rank: 732
1961 - Present
HPI: 26.23
Rank: 733
1961 - Present
HPI: 25.71
Rank: 734
1961 - Present
HPI: 25.66
Rank: 735
1961 - Present
HPI: 25.50
Rank: 736
1961 - Present
HPI: 25.16
Rank: 737
1961 - Present
HPI: 24.62
Rank: 738
1961 - Present
HPI: 24.41
Rank: 739
Among people born in United Kingdom, Fatima Whitbread ranks 6,791 out of 7,765. Before her are Luke Campbell (1987), Ian Poulter (1976), Hugh Carthy (1994), Dan Evans (1990), James Tavernier (1991), and Garry Monk (1979). After her are Stephen Barclay (1972), Bella Ramsey (2003), Owen Coyle (1966), Stormzy (1993), James Anderson (1982), and Dan Crenshaw (1984).
1987 - Present
HPI: 26.26
Rank: 6,785
1976 - Present
HPI: 26.26
Rank: 6,786
1994 - Present
HPI: 26.25
Rank: 6,787
1990 - Present
HPI: 26.24
Rank: 6,788
1991 - Present
HPI: 26.23
Rank: 6,789
1979 - Present
HPI: 26.23
Rank: 6,790
1961 - Present
HPI: 26.23
Rank: 6,791
1972 - Present
HPI: 26.22
Rank: 6,792
2003 - Present
HPI: 26.21
Rank: 6,793
1966 - Present
HPI: 26.21
Rank: 6,794
1993 - Present
HPI: 26.21
Rank: 6,795
1982 - Present
HPI: 26.18
Rank: 6,796
1984 - Present
HPI: 26.14
Rank: 6,797
Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Fatima Whitbread ranks 105. Before her are Ben Ainslie (1977), Heather Oakes (1959), Roger Black (1966), Kriss Akabusi (1958), Carl Hester (1967), and Sally Gunnell (1966). After her are Steve Smith (1973), Jonny Brownlee (1990), Shirley Strong (1958), Kathy Smallwood-Cook (1960), John Regis (1966), and Todd Bennett (1962).
1977 - Present
HPI: 27.12
Rank: 99
1959 - Present
HPI: 26.95
Rank: 100
1966 - Present
HPI: 26.88
Rank: 101
1958 - Present
HPI: 26.62
Rank: 102
1967 - Present
HPI: 26.56
Rank: 103
1966 - Present
HPI: 26.32
Rank: 104
1961 - Present
HPI: 26.23
Rank: 105
1973 - Present
HPI: 25.49
Rank: 106
1990 - Present
HPI: 25.31
Rank: 107
1958 - Present
HPI: 25.28
Rank: 108
1960 - Present
HPI: 25.18
Rank: 109
1966 - Present
HPI: 24.97
Rank: 110
1962 - 2013
HPI: 24.79
Rank: 111