1953 - 2011
Grete Waitz (née Andersen, 1 October 1953 – 19 April 2011) was a Norwegian marathon runner and former world record holder. In 1979, at the New York City Marathon, she became the first woman in history to run the marathon in under two and a half hours. Waitz won nine New York City Marathons, women's division, between 1978 and 1988, the highest number of victories in a single big city marathon in history. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Grete Waitz has received more than 294,738 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Grete Waitz is the 595th most popular athlete (down from 193rd in 2019), the 310th most popular biography from Norway (down from 224th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Norwegian Athlete.
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Among athletes, Grete Waitz ranks 595 out of 3,059. Before her are Gunnar Lindström, Eero Berg, Ernst Schultz, Eero Lehtonen, Paul Van Asbroeck, and Leo Sexton. After her are Louis Wilkins, Rune Larsson, Mihaela Peneș, Teresa Ciepły, Carl Johnson, and Gustaf Söderström.
1896 - 1951
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 589
1898 - 1969
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 590
1879 - 1906
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 591
1898 - 1959
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 592
1874 - 1959
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 593
1909 - 1968
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 594
1953 - 2011
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 595
1882 - 1950
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 596
1924 - 2016
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 597
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 598
1937 - 2006
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 599
1898 - 1932
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 600
1865 - 1958
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 601
Among people born in 1953, Grete Waitz ranks 304. Before her are Kvitka Cisyk, Peter Firth, Ana Botella, Stu Ungar, Robert Guédiguian, and Luciana Lamorgese. After her are Nicolas Schmit, Branko Milanović, George Tenet, Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, Ján Babjak, and Günther Oettinger. Among people deceased in 2011, Grete Waitz ranks 301. Before her are Ferenc Szojka, Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Shrilal Shukla, Leonid Abalkin, Ilmar Kullam, and Ken Olsen. After her are Milton Babbitt, Juan Tuñas, George Cadle Price, Szeto Wah, Nat Lofthouse, and Ulrich Biesinger.
1953 - 1998
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 298
1953 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 299
1953 - Present
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 300
1953 - 1998
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 301
1953 - Present
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 302
1953 - Present
HPI: 45.79
Rank: 303
1953 - 2011
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 304
1953 - Present
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 305
1953 - Present
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 306
1953 - Present
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 307
1953 - Present
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 308
1953 - Present
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 309
1953 - Present
HPI: 45.41
Rank: 310
1931 - 2011
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 295
1924 - 2011
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 296
1925 - 2011
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 297
1930 - 2011
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 298
1922 - 2011
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 299
1926 - 2011
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 300
1953 - 2011
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 301
1916 - 2011
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 302
1917 - 2011
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 303
1919 - 2011
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 304
1931 - 2011
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 305
1925 - 2011
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 306
1933 - 2011
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 307
Among people born in Norway, Grete Waitz ranks 310 out of 927. Before her are Inger Aufles (1941), Hulda Garborg (1862), Rolf Løvland (1955), Molla Mallory (1884), Johan Falkberget (1879), and Morten Tyldum (1967). After her are Ivar Formo (1951), Egil Olsen (1942), Anders Haugen (1888), Anita Hegerland (1961), Sverre Hansen (1913), and Isak Saba (1875).
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 304
1862 - 1934
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 305
1955 - Present
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 306
1884 - 1959
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 307
1879 - 1967
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 308
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 309
1953 - 2011
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 310
1951 - 2006
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 311
1942 - Present
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 312
1888 - 1984
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 313
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 314
1913 - 1974
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 315
1875 - 1921
HPI: 45.51
Rank: 316
Among athletes born in Norway, Grete Waitz ranks 14. Before her are Håkon Brusveen (1927), Magnar Solberg (1937), Hallgeir Brenden (1929), Berit Mørdre (1940), Gjermund Eggen (1941), and Sverre Stenersen (1926). After her are Halvard Hanevold (1969), Ferdinand Bie (1888), Yngvar Bryn (1881), Audun Boysen (1929), Charles Mathiesen (1911), and Babben Enger-Damon (1939).
1927 - 2021
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 8
1937 - Present
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 9
1929 - 2007
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 10
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 11
1941 - 2019
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 12
1926 - 2005
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 13
1953 - 2011
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 14
1969 - 2019
HPI: 45.38
Rank: 15
1888 - 1961
HPI: 45.11
Rank: 16
1881 - 1947
HPI: 45.09
Rank: 17
1929 - 2000
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 18
1911 - 1994
HPI: 44.80
Rank: 19
1939 - Present
HPI: 44.51
Rank: 20