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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 champion, 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). He cleared eight feet twice, the first time with 2.44m in 1989 in Sant Juan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Javier Sotomayor has received more than 890,208 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Javier Sotomayor is the 21st most popular athlete (up from 31st in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Cuba (up from 25th in 2019) and the most popular Cuban Athlete.

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  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.26

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  • 2.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Javier Sotomayor ranks 21 out of 3,059. Before him are Felix Baumgartner, Dick Fosbury, Florence Griffith Joyner, Yuriy Sedykh, Iolanda Balaș, and Stanisława Walasiewicz. After him are Mike Powell, Tamara Press, Ray Ewry, Thomas Burke, Fanny Blankers-Koen, and Leonidas of Rhodes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Javier Sotomayor ranks 24. Before him are Benicio del Toro, Mark Ruffalo, Aleksandr Karelin, Pamela Anderson, Mike Portnoy, and Matt LeBlanc. After him are Massimiliano Allegri, Boris Becker, Sung Jae-gi, Laura Dern, Anna Nicole Smith, and Aleksander Čeferin.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Javier Sotomayor ranks 21 out of 248. Before him are Celia Cruz (1925), Emilio Mola (1887), Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado (1919), Miguel Díaz-Canel (1960), Alicia Alonso (1920), and Omara Portuondo (1930). After him are Sergio Oliva (1941), Reinaldo Arenas (1943), Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1956), Tomas Milian (1933), Teófilo Stevenson (1952), and Aleida March (1936).

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Among ATHLETES In Cuba

Among athletes born in Cuba, Javier Sotomayor ranks 1. After him are Alberto Juantorena (1950), Ana Fidelia Quirot (1963), Iván Pedroso (1972), Alejandro Casañas (1954), Silvio Leonard (1955), María Caridad Colón (1958), Dayron Robles (1986), Silvia Chivás (1954), Maritza Martén (1963), Ángel Herrera Vera (1957), and Roberto Hernández (1967).

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