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Gaston Reiff

1921 - 1992

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Gaston Étienne Ghislaine Reiff (24 February 1921 – 6 May 1992) was a Belgian runner. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics in the 5000 m event and won it in 1948, defeating Emil Zátopek in the final and becoming the first Belgian track and field athlete to win an Olympic title. He lost to Zátopek at the 1950 European Championships, placing third.Reiff competed in boxing and football before changing to athletics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gaston Reiff has received more than 27,039 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Gaston Reiff is the 130th most popular athlete (down from 94th in 2019), the 372nd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 328th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Belgian Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 27k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Gaston Reiffs by language

Over the past year Gaston Reiff has had the most page views in the with 2,814 views, followed by French (1,653), and Czech (1,208). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (38.94%), Persian (35.28%), and Swedish (32.46%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Gaston Reiff ranks 130 out of 6,025. Before him are Tilly Fleischer, Galina Chistyakova, Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, Stamata Revithi, Vladimír Dzurilla, and Thomas Hicks. After him are Hubert Van Innis, Anatoliy Bondarchuk, Waldemar Cierpinski, Lina Radke, Alfred Neuland, and Kipchoge Keino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Gaston Reiff ranks 166. Before him are Ilse Aichinger, Heinz G. Konsalik, Luis García Berlanga, Dinko Šakić, Georges Mathieu, and Andrzej Munk. After him are Alex Haley, Daniel Gélin, Walter Laqueur, Silvio Gazzaniga, Wadih El Safi, and Reuven Feuerstein. Among people deceased in 1992, Gaston Reiff ranks 110. Before him are Aleksandar Tirnanić, Hammer DeRoburt, Michel Berger, Paul Henreid, Petra Kelly, and Franziska Donner. After him are Alex Haley, Robert Morley, László Benedek, Mohammad Hidayatullah, Borislav Pekić, and Joe Shuster.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Gaston Reiff ranks 372 out of 1,190. Before him are Lambert Lombard (1505), Pierre Harmel (1911), Jean Ray (1887), Marcel Broodthaers (1924), Joseph Jongen (1873), and Lucas van Valckenborch (1535). After him are Wilfried Van Moer (1945), José van Dam (1940), Hubert Van Innis (1866), Aelbrecht Bouts (1450), Franciscus Gomarus (1563), and Dirk II, Count of Holland (901).

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Among ATHLETES In Belgium

Among athletes born in Belgium, Gaston Reiff ranks 2. Before him are Gaston Roelants (1937). After him are Hubert Van Innis (1866), Robert Hennet (1886), Ivo Van Damme (1954), Victor Willems (1877), Emiel Puttemans (1947), Joël Robert (1943), Louis Glineur (1849), Étienne Gailly (1922), Émile Grumiaux (1861), and Prosper Bruggeman (1873).

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