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Javier Sotomayor

1967 - Today

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Javier Sotomayor Sanabria (Spanish pronunciation: [xaˈβjeɾ sotomaˈʝoɾ]; born 13 October 1967) is a Cuban former track and field athlete who specialized in the high jump and is the current world record holder. The 1992 Olympic gold medalist, he was the dominant high jumper of the 1990s; his personal best of 2.45 m (8 ft 1⁄4 in) makes him the only person ever to have cleared eight feet (2.44 m). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Javier Sotomayor has received more than 1,041,844 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Javier Sotomayor is the 17th most popular athlete (up from 21st in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Cuba (up from 21st in 2019) and the most popular Cuban Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Javier Sotomayor ranks 17 out of 6,025. Before him are Ronnie Coleman, Usain Bolt, Mara, Douglas, Fanny Blankers-Koen, and Bruno. After him are Ray Ewry, Thomas Burke, Felix Baumgartner, Mike Powell, Stefka Kostadinova, and Florence Griffith Joyner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Javier Sotomayor ranks 26. Before him are Akshay Kumar, Benicio del Toro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mike Portnoy, Aleksandr Karelin, and Aleksander Čeferin. After him are Mark Ruffalo, Matthias Sammer, Matt LeBlanc, Iván Zamorano, Claudio Caniggia, and Massimiliano Allegri.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Javier Sotomayor ranks 19 out of 300. Before him are Emilio Mola (1887), Celia Cruz (1925), Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado (1919), Miguel Díaz-Canel (1960), Juan Almeida Bosque (1927), and Sergio Oliva (1941). After him are Ibrahim Ferrer (1927), Alicia Alonso (1920), Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1956), Teófilo Stevenson (1952), Tomas Milian (1933), and Gerardo Machado (1871).

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Among ATHLETES In Cuba

Among athletes born in Cuba, Javier Sotomayor ranks 1. After him are Alberto Juantorena (1950), Iván Pedroso (1972), Ana Fidelia Quirot (1963), Alejandro Casañas (1954), María Caridad Colón (1958), Silvio Leonard (1955), Dayron Robles (1986), Maritza Martén (1963), Silvia Chivás (1954), Ángel Herrera Vera (1957), and Osleidys Menéndez (1979).

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