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Heather Oakes

1959 - Today

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Heather Regina Oakes (née Hunte born 14 August 1959) is a female English former sprinter who competed mainly in the 100 metres. In the 4 × 100m relay, she won Olympic bronze medals in Moscow 1980 and Los Angeles 1984. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heather Oakes has received more than 24,957 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Heather Oakes is the 4,200th most popular athlete (down from 3,186th in 2019), the 7,451st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,709th in 2019) and the 144th most popular British Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 25k

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  • 29.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Heather Oakes ranks 4,200 out of 6,025Before her are Bernard Williams, Ryan Brathwaite, Pang Wei, Jaysuma Saidy Ndure, Michael Jurack, and Aleš Valenta. After her are Olga Brusnikina, Joe Mauer, Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko, Annemiek de Haan, Slobodan Nikić, and Emmanuel Korir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Heather Oakes ranks 793Before her are Neal Broten, Phil Brown, Ken Buck, Keith Olbermann, Lorrie Morgan, and Nancy Grace. After her are Jim McGovern, Lynette Woodard, Lester Holt, Mary Roach, Shubha Mudgal, and Wendy Smith-Sly.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Heather Oakes ranks 7,451 out of 8,785Before her are Ben Brereton Díaz (1999), Laura Michelle Kelly (1981), Jackie McNamara (1973), Calum Chambers (1995), Jack Lisowski (1991), and Rob Edwards (1982). After her are Michael Thomas (1967), Louisa Johnson (1998), Ryan Sessegnon (2000), Jo Frost (1970), Claire Rushbrook (1971), and David Bentley (1984).

Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Heather Oakes ranks 144Before her are Sharon Rendle (1966), Iwan Thomas (1974), Alistair Brownlee (1988), Ben Ainslie (1977), John Regis (1966), and Andrew Simpson (1976). After her are Steve Smith (1973), Abdullah bin Mutaib Al Saud (1984), Sally Gunnell (1966), Brian Jacks (1946), Derek Porter (1967), and Kriss Akabusi (1958).