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Ghirmay Ghebreslassie

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Ghirmay Ghebreslassie (Ge'ez: ግርማይ ገብረስላሰ, born 14 November 1995) is an Eritrean long distance runner. He won the 2015 World Championships in Athletics marathon in Beijing, China, becoming the youngest winner of the race at age 19 and became the first Eritrean to win a gold medal at the World Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ghirmay Ghebreslassie has received more than 131,966 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Ghirmay Ghebreslassie is the 3,919th most popular athlete (down from 3,131st in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Eritrea and the 2nd most popular Eritrean Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ghirmay Ghebreslassie ranks 3,919 out of 6,025. Before him are Murielle Ahouré, Jan Dydak, Irina Stankina, Lars Helge Birkeland, Ignisious Gaisah, and Daniel Bailey. After him are Gillian Cowley, David Jenkins, Paraskevi Papachristou, Mona Brorsson, Roberto Di Donna, and Lukáš Pollert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1995, Ghirmay Ghebreslassie ranks 378. Before him are Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson, Jan Lisiecki, Oliver Heldens, Zack Steffen, Romina Pourmokhtari, and Tamara Korpatsch. After him are Fredrik Aursnes, Matheus Biteco, Rachel Hilson, Julian Green, Arno Kamminga, and Sofía Reyes.

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In Eritrea

Among people born in Eritrea, Ghirmay Ghebreslassie ranks 9 out of 13. Before him are Remo Girone (1948), Aman Andom (1924), Zeudi Araya (1951), Gianfranco Rosi (1963), Zersenay Tadese (1982), and Daniel Teklehaimanot (1988). After him are Biniam Girmay (2000), Merhawi Kudus (1994), Meb Keflezighi (1975), Natnael Berhane (1991), Lázaro Martínez (null), and Yemane Haileselassie (null).

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Among ATHLETES In Eritrea

Among athletes born in Eritrea, Ghirmay Ghebreslassie ranks 2. Before him are Zersenay Tadese (1982). After him are Meb Keflezighi (1975), Yemane Haileselassie (null), Amanal Petros (1995), Eyob Faniel (1992), Tadesse Abraham (1982), Lázaro Martínez (null), Meraf Bahta (1989), Luna Solomon (1994), Gretchen Ortiz (1986), and Dzmitry Natynchyk (1993).

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