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Harold Whitlock

1903 - 1985

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Hector Harold Whitlock (16 December 1903 – 27 December 1985) was a British athlete who competed mainly in the 50 kilometre walk. He attended Hendon School, then Hendon County School, in North London, where he planted in 1936 an oak tree sapling presented to him, along with his gold medal, by Adolf Hitler at the Olympic Games.Whitlock won his first national title in 1933. Two years later, he set a new world record for a 30-mile walk, finishing in 4 hours, 29 minutes, 31.8 seconds. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harold Whitlock has received more than 23,645 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Harold Whitlock is the 1,766th most popular athlete (down from 1,492nd in 2019), the 5,148th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,042nd in 2019) and the 69th most popular British Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 24k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Harold Whitlocks by language

Over the past year Harold Whitlock has had the most page views in the with 2,891 views, followed by Chinese (550), and German (501). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Belarusian (57.89%), Ukrainian (23.53%), and Egyptian Arabic (20.00%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Harold Whitlock ranks 1,766 out of 6,025. Before him are Joyce King, Hans Grodotzki, Ardalion Ignatyev, Jean-Jacques Guissart, Joseph Stadler, and Anna-Maria Müller. After him are Miroslav Koranda, Jenő Hámori, Tore Eriksson, Louis Kuehn, Antal Bolvári, and Vénuste Niyongabo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Harold Whitlock ranks 344. Before him are John Miller, Otto von Porat, Luther Adler, Warren Kealoha, Lennox Berkeley, and Bob Skelton. After him are Santiago Benítez, Josephine Hutchinson, Jimmy Ball, Tadeusz Friedrich, Kazimierz Kordylewski, and Vera Stroyeva. Among people deceased in 1985, Harold Whitlock ranks 265. Before him are Gladys Egan, Dragomir Tošić, Gabriel Elorde, Leatrice Joy, Dan White, and Margaret Molesworth. After him are Yevgeny Maskinskov, Edward Andrews, Jack Medica, Isabel Jeans, Leni Schmidt, and Carlos P. Romulo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Harold Whitlock ranks 5,148 out of 8,785. Before him are Paul Scott (1920), Jimmy Gallagher (1901), Alex Stepney (1942), George Cornet (1877), Michael Drayton (1563), and James Larkin (1876). After him are Jet Harris (1939), Pip Torrens (1960), Nick Lowe (1949), William Paterson (1745), Antonia Thomas (1986), and Rupert Keegan (1955).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Harold Whitlock ranks 69. Before him are Gordon Pirie (1931), Ann Packer (1942), Audrey Williamson (1926), Peter Wright (1970), David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905), and George Cornet (1877). After him are Janet Simpson (1944), Basil Heatley (1933), Michael Wheeler (1935), Tony Nash (1936), George Goulding (1884), and Fiona May (1969).

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