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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 119,536 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Iolanda Balaș is the 19th most popular athlete (up from 21st in 2019), the 80th most popular biography from Romania (down from 75th in 2019) and the most popular Romanian Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Iolanda Balaș ranks 19 out of 3,059. Before her are Ronnie Coleman, Hannes Kolehmainen, Felix Baumgartner, Dick Fosbury, Florence Griffith Joyner, and Yuriy Sedykh. After her are Stanisława Walasiewicz, Javier Sotomayor, Mike Powell, Tamara Press, Ray Ewry, and Thomas Burke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Iolanda Balaș ranks 71. Before her are Henry Lee Lucas, Yury Luzhkov, Émile Lahoud, Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz, Duncan Edwards, and Petar Mladenov. After her are François Pinault, Samuel C. C. Ting, Bekim Fehmiu, Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, and J. Michael Bishop. Among people deceased in 2016, Iolanda Balaș ranks 73. Before her are Margot Honecker, Michel Tournier, Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Gabriele Amorth, Keith Emerson, and Queen Anne of Romania. After her are Michal Kováč, Marvin Minsky, Walter Kohn, Michel Butor, Edgar Mitchell, and Chyna.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Iolanda Balaș ranks 80 out of 665. Before her are Stephen Bocskai (1557), Ștefan Kovács (1920), Princess Ileana of Romania (1909), Chivu Stoica (1908), Petru Groza (1884), and Peter Mogila (1596). After her are Ion Mihai Pacepa (1928), Petru Rareș (1487), Valentin Ceaușescu (1948), Ion Țiriac (1939), Nicu Ceaușescu (1951), and Vladimir Cosma (1940).

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Among ATHLETES In Romania

Among athletes born in Romania, Iolanda Balaș ranks 1. After her are Ivan Patzaichin (1949), Ion Drîmbă (1942), Lajos Steiner (1903), István Somodi (1885), Maricica Puică (1950), Doina Melinte (1956), Mihaela Peneș (1947), Argentina Menis (1948), Ileana Silai (1941), Valeriu Bularca (1931), and Valeria Bufanu (1946).

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