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Gaston Roelants

1937 - Today

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Gaston, Baron Roelants (born 5 February 1937), is a Belgian former elite steeplechaser and cross country runner. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gaston Roelants has received more than 48,555 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Gaston Roelants is the 122nd most popular athlete (up from 143rd in 2019), the 348th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 397th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Belgian Athlete.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.90

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  • 1.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Gaston Roelants ranks 122 out of 6,025. Before him are Robert Hichens, John Flanagan, Inese Jaunzeme, Theagenes of Thasos, Li Hong, and Edwin Moses. After him are Volodymyr Holubnychy, Thomas Curtis, Donald Arnold, Pyotr Bolotnikov, Haile Gebrselassie, and Egil Danielsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Gaston Roelants ranks 176. Before him are Suzanne Pleshette, María Kodama, Erich Ribbeck, Rudi Altig, Nur Hassan Hussein, and Igor Volk. After him are Aleksandr Demyanenko, Lusine Zakaryan, Geki, Mikheil Meskhi, Ron Clarke, and Mitsuo Kamata.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Gaston Roelants ranks 348 out of 1,190. Before him are Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts (1630), Camille Jenatzy (1868), Paul Janssen (1926), Hugo Broos (1952), Jan Sanders van Hemessen (1500), and Lambert I, Count of Louvain (1000). After him are David Teniers the Elder (1582), Firmin Lambot (1886), Amélie Nothomb (1967), Louis Michel (1947), Yves Leterme (1960), and Sigebert of Gembloux (1030).

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Among ATHLETES In Belgium

Among athletes born in Belgium, Gaston Roelants ranks 2. Before him are Fernando (null). After him are Gaston Reiff (1921), 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), and Émile Grumiaux (1861).

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