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Guor Marial

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Guor Mading Maker (born 15 April 1984), also known as Guor Marial, is a South Sudanese Olympic track and field athlete. He is a Dinka tribesman. Maker competed in the men's marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Due to the civil war that saw South Sudan split from Sudan, he has refused to compete under the flag of the latter, stating, "It would be betraying my people". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guor Marial has received more than 82,245 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Guor Marial is the 4,607th most popular athlete (down from 3,580th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from South Sudan and the most popular South Sudanese Athlete.

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  • 38.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Guor Marial ranks 4,607 out of 6,025. Before him are Kianoush Rostami, Fabien Claude, Airinė Palšytė, Tatjana Hüfner, Stephanie Beckert, and Olga Vasdeki. After him are Chen Ruolin, Alvin Harrison, Florence Ekpo-Umoh, Liu Jia, Lindon Victor, and Gevorg Davtyan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Guor Marial ranks 946. Before him are Darvydas Šernas, Jessica Landström, Lyudmila Postnova, Priyamani, Scott Clifton, and Luis Ángel Maté. After him are CariDee English, Aleksejs Višņakovs, T. J. Perkins, Hadizatou Mani, Miguel Flaño, and Kalki Koechlin.

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In South Sudan

Among people born in South Sudan, Guor Marial ranks 5 out of 9. Before him are Salva Kiir Mayardit (1951), Riek Machar (1953), Alek Wek (1977), and Luol Deng (1985). After him are James Moga (1983), Thon Maker (1997), Lopez Lomong (1985), Rose Lokonyen (1995), Duop Reath (1996), Liu Shiying (null), and James Chiengjiek (1992).

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Among ATHLETES In South Sudan

Among athletes born in South Sudan, Guor Marial ranks 1. After him are Lopez Lomong (1985), Rose Lokonyen (1995), Liu Shiying (null), James Chiengjiek (1992), Paulo Amotun Lokoro (1992), Abraham Guem (1999), Matthew Rossiter (1989), and Amur Al-Khanjari (2000).

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