ATHLETE

Iolanda Balaș

1936 - 2016

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Iolanda Balaș (Romanian pronunciation: [joˈlanda ˈbalaʃ], Hungarian: Balázs Jolán, later Balázs-Sőtér Jolán; 12 December 1936 – 11 March 2016) was a Romanian athlete, an Olympic champion and former world record holder in the high jump. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Iolanda Balaș has received more than 129,022 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Iolanda Balaș is the 20th most popular athlete (down from 19th in 2019), the 80th most popular biography from Romania and the most popular Romanian Athlete.

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  • 60.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Iolanda Balaș ranks 20 out of 6,025. Before her are Thomas Burke, Felix Baumgartner, Mike Powell, Stefka Kostadinova, Florence Griffith Joyner, and Ellery Harding Clark. After her are Hannes Kolehmainen, Tamara Press, Marita Koch, Luz Long, Stanisława Walasiewicz, and Frank Zane.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Iolanda Balaș ranks 73. Before her are Gianni Vattimo, Don Cherry, Hideki Shirakawa, Engelbert Humperdinck, Yury Luzhkov, and Joe D'Amato. After her are Bruce Dern, Abdul Qadeer Khan, Duncan Edwards, Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz, Margaret Hamilton, and Ljubiša Samardžić. Among people deceased in 2016, Iolanda Balaș ranks 78. Before her are Thomas Luckmann, Michel Butor, Keith Emerson, Margot Honecker, Tony Burton, and Thomas Schelling. After her are Toots Thielemans, Corry Brokken, Ashraf Pahlavi, Claude Gensac, Takahito, Prince Mikasa, and Michal Kováč.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Iolanda Balaș ranks 80 out of 844. Before her are László Rajk (1909), Mihnea cel Rău (1462), Dinu Lipatti (1917), David Wechsler (1896), Ion Mihai Pacepa (1928), and Mircea II of Wallachia (1422). After her are Peter Mogila (1596), Nicolae Iorga (1871), Ana Aslan (1897), Michael Cretu (1957), Pertevniyal Sultan (1812), and Horia Sima (1907).

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Among ATHLETES In Romania

Among athletes born in Romania, Iolanda Balaș ranks 1. After her are Vasile Dîba (1954), Ivan Patzaichin (1949), Argentina Menis (1948), Mihaela Peneș (1947), Nicolae Neagoe (1941), Dimitrie Popescu (1961), Doina Melinte (1956), István Somodi (1885), Maricica Puică (1950), Gheorghe Berceanu (1949), and Lajos Steiner (1903).

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