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Gail Devers

1966 - Today

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Yolanda Gail Devers ( DEE-vərz; born November 19, 1966) is an American retired track and field sprinter who competed in the 60 metres, 60 m hurdles, 100 m and 100 m hurdles. Devers is regarded as one of the greatest and most decorated female sprinters of all time. She was the 1992 and 1996 Olympic 100m champion; the second woman in history to defend an Olympic 100m title. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gail Devers has received more than 580,427 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Gail Devers is the 1,369th most popular athlete (down from 870th in 2019), the 10,057th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,322nd in 2019) and the 250th most popular American Athlete.

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  • 580k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Gail Devers ranks 1,369 out of 3,059. Before her are Pentti Linnosvuo, Evelin Jahl, Stan Vickers, László Fábián, Nancy Mackay, and Sven Fischer. After her are Norman Taber, Ria Stalman, Kálmán Markovits, German Sveshnikov, Yevgeny Maskinskov, and Constance Titus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Gail Devers ranks 340. Before her are Randy Barnes, Andrea Berg, Tabea Zimmermann, Kyōko Koizumi, Alastair Reynolds, and Maria Canals-Barrera. After her are Georg Hackl, Paul Haarhuis, Rik Smits, Srđan Aleksić, Angela Visser, and Sandy Lam.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gail Devers ranks 10,057 out of 18,182. Before her are Dennis Chambers (1959), Matthew McGrory (1973), William H. Webster (1924), Barbara Mikulski (1936), Joakim Noah (1985), and Imogene Coca (1908). After her are Clayton Moore (1914), Norman Taber (1891), William B. Lenoir (1939), J. P. Mallory (1945), Lucas Till (1990), and Macklemore (1983).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Gail Devers ranks 250. Before her are Isabelle Daniels (1937), Tim Montgomery (1975), Randy Barnes (1966), Lucinda Williams (1937), George Bonhag (1882), and Forrest Towns (1914). After her are Norman Taber (1891), Constance Titus (1873), Loren Murchison (1898), Richard Murphy (1931), Howard Valentine (1881), and Alfred Lane (1891).

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