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Igor Astapkovich

1963 - Today

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Ihar Astapkovich (also Igor Vyacheslavovich Astapkovich, Belarusian: Ігар Вячаслававіч Астапковіч; born 4 January 1963, in Navapolatsk) is a hammer thrower who won two Olympic medals, first representing the Soviet Union and later his home country of Belarus. He won silver medals at three consecutive World Championships, and became the 1990 European champion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Igor Astapkovich has received more than 26,974 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Igor Astapkovich is the 2,115th most popular athlete (down from 1,697th in 2019), the 200th most popular biography from Belarus (down from 185th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Belarusian Athlete.

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  • 41.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Igor Astapkovich has had the most page views in the with 2,729 views, followed by Russian (1,746), and Japanese (1,321). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ukrainian (41.98%), Czech (41.23%), and Persian (35.12%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Igor Astapkovich ranks 2,115 out of 6,025Before him are Kurt Lundquist, Sifan Hassan, Bernard Talvard, Bjarte Engen Vik, Rita Wilden, and Dagmar Neubauer. After him are Wayde van Niekerk, Konstantinos Kenteris, Josiah McCracken, Magdalena Neuner, Uroš Marović, and Andreas Kunz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Igor Astapkovich ranks 553Before him are Jimmy DeGrasso, John Kirby, Graciano Rocchigiani, Shauna Grant, Les Claypool, and Chris Coons. After him are Big Boss Man, Hans Reiser, Roy Z, Wei Wei, Panagiotis Fasoulas, and Philippe Lamberts.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Igor Astapkovich ranks 200 out of 368Before him are Iryna Yatchenko (1965), Maria Kalesnikava (1982), Mikola Statkevich (1956), Igor Zhelezovski (1963), Syarhey Rumas (1969), and Ivan Tsikhan (1976). After him are Artem Milevskiy (1985), Svetlana Boginskaya (1973), Oleg Novitsky (1971), Aleksandr Kurlovich (1961), Viktor Kupreichik (1949), and Anastasia Vinnikova (1991).

Among ATHLETES In Belarus

Among athletes born in Belarus, Igor Astapkovich ranks 10Before him are Leonid Taranenko (1956), Nikolai Gorbachev (1948), Darya Domracheva (1986), Rita Achkina (1938), Iryna Yatchenko (1965), and Ivan Tsikhan (1976). After him are Aleksandr Karshakevich (1959), Vyacheslav Yanovskiy (1957), Yaroslav Rybakov (1980), Andrei Mikhnevich (1976), Vadim Devyatovskiy (1977), and Krystsina Tsimanouskaya (1996).