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Jenny Simpson

1986 - Today

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Jennifer Simpson (née Barringer; born August 23, 1986) is a retired American middle- and long-distance runner. She won the gold medal in the 1500 meters at the 2011 World Championships, silvers at the 2013 and 2017 World Championships, and a bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Simpson is a former American record holder for the 3000 metres steeplechase. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jenny Simpson has received more than 196,100 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Jenny Simpson is the 6,306th most popular athlete (down from 4,229th in 2019), the 19,571st most popular biography from United States (down from 17,702nd in 2019) and the 749th most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 33.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jenny Simpson ranks 6,306 out of 6,025Before her are Stefano Sottile, Artur Noga, Abderrahman Samba, Katja Stam, Sun Wenyan, and Kathryn Mitchell. After her are Vito Dell'Aquila, Yahel Castillo, Denis Gargaud Chanut, Eleanor Harvey, Oh Ji-hwan, and Richard Mateelong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1986, Jenny Simpson ranks 1,497Before her are Veli-Matti Savinainen, Hiroyuki Takasaki, Prateik Babbar, Maksim Bardachow, Tadashi Takeda, and Takuya Yamamoto. After her are Dajana Butulija, Rodrigo Mancha, Kamila Chudzik, Tyrus Thomas, Kevin Gates, and Angel McCoughtry.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jenny Simpson ranks 19,571 out of 20,380Before her are Darrun Hilliard (1993), Elfrid Payton (1994), Kevin Porter Jr. (2000), Bjørn Maars Johnsen (1991), Tyler Patrick Jones (1994), and Trey Burke (1992). After her are Wilson Chandler (1987), Cindy Parlow Cone (1978), Maia Shibutani (1994), Polo G (1999), Lil Mosey (2002), and Christopher Corey Smith (1962).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Jenny Simpson ranks 749Before her are Elana Meyers (1984), Kyle Ensing (1997), Tristan Gale (1980), Michael Cherry (1995), Chloe Kim (2000), and Garrett Muagututia (1988). After her are Alison Young (null), Brigetta Barrett (1990), Athing Mu (2002), Matthew Antoine (1985), Brooke Raboutou (2001), and Breaux Greer (1976).