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Graeme Obree

1965 - Today

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Graeme Obree (born 11 September 1965), nicknamed The Flying Scotsman, is a Scottish racing cyclist who twice broke the world hour record, in July 1993 and April 1994, and was the individual pursuit world champion in 1993 and 1995. He was known for his unusual riding positions and for the Old Faithful bicycle he built which included parts from a washing machine. He joined a professional team in France but was fired before his first race. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Graeme Obree has received more than 684,574 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 19 in 2019). Graeme Obree is the 412th most popular cyclist (down from 392nd in 2019), the 5,583rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,046th in 2019) and the 14th most popular British Cyclist.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Graeme Obree ranks 412 out of 1,214Before him are Günther Schumacher, Raúl Alcalá, Paolo Savoldelli, Álvaro Pino, Marcel Kittel, and Francisco Mancebo. After him are Gintautas Umaras, Brian Holm, Andrey Kivilev, Melcior Mauri, Damiano Caruso, and Richard Carapaz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Graeme Obree ranks 524Before him are Pintado, Dieter Baumann, Christopher C. Miller, Alvis Hermanis, Fernando Gómez, and Peter Kjær. After him are Saeed Jalili, Christian Schenk, Andrea Jaeger, Sudha Chandran, Jüri Jaanson, and Vincent Guérin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Graeme Obree ranks 5,583 out of 7,765Before him are Lee Dixon (1964), Peter Serafinowicz (1972), Doug Livingstone (1898), Ben Foster (1983), John Hutton Balfour (1808), and John Dankworth (1927). After him are Steven Waddington (1968), Patricia Bredin (1935), Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe (1899), Dorothy Shirley (1939), Shashi Tharoor (1956), and Stuart Christie (1946).

Among CYCLISTS In United Kingdom

Among cyclists born in United Kingdom, Graeme Obree ranks 14Before him are Victor Johnson (1883), Clarence Kingsbury (1882), Gordon Thomas (1921), Ronald Stretton (1930), Phil Anderson (1958), and Geraint Thomas (1986). After him are Max Sciandri (1967), Sean Yates (1960), Simon Yates (1992), Dan Martin (1986), Chris Boardman (1968), and Adam Yates (1992).