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Ghada Shouaa

1972 - Today

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Ghada Shouaa (Arabic: غادة شعاع; born September 10, 1972) is a retired Syrian heptathlete. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, she won her country's first and only Olympic gold medal. She was also a World and Asian heptathlon champion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ghada Shouaa has received more than 114,626 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Ghada Shouaa is the 2,325th most popular athlete (down from 1,446th in 2019), the 189th most popular biography from Syria (down from 164th in 2019) and the most popular Syrian Athlete.

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  • 110k

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  • 48.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ghada Shouaa ranks 2,325 out of 6,025. Before her are Alevtina Olyunina, Thelma Hopkins, Nicu Vlad, Ulrika Knape, Fița Lovin, and Richard Stebbins. After her are Paul Nihill, Sven Fischer, Nouria Mérah-Benida, Karl-Hans Riehm, Duncan Gregg, and Michael Woods.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Ghada Shouaa ranks 444. Before her are Brett Tucker, Serghei Cleșcenco, Àlex Brendemühl, Kobe Tai, Jason Winston George, and Richard Dutruel. After her are Cristina Sánchez, Volodymyr Vakulenko, David Silveria, Josh Freese, Molly Parker, and Yūko Miyamura.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Ghada Shouaa ranks 189 out of 210. Before her are Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji (1954), Yasser Seirawan (1960), Yusra Mardini (1998), Riyad Farid Hijab (1966), Razan Zaitouneh (1977), and Samar Yazbek (1970). After her are Mahmoud Dahoud (1996), Ignatius Aphrem II (1965), Naser Khader (1963), Omar Kharbin (1994), Dima Khatib (1971), and Maxie Parks (1951).

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Among ATHLETES In Syria

Among athletes born in Syria, Ghada Shouaa ranks 1. After her are Maxie Parks (1951), Majd Eddin Ghazal (1987), Man Asaad (1993), Wessam Salamana (1985), Ahmad Hamcho (1992), Aram Mahmoud (1997), Alaa Maso (2000), John Perrin (null), and Mohamad Maso (1993).

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