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Joan Benoit

1957 - Today

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Joan Benoit Samuelson (born May 16, 1957) is an American marathon runner who was the first women's Olympic Games marathon champion, winning the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. She held the fastest time for an American woman at the Chicago Marathon for 32 years after winning the race in 1985. Her time at the Boston Marathon was the fastest time by an American woman in that race for 28 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joan Benoit has received more than 571,699 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Joan Benoit is the 2,477th most popular athlete (down from 1,788th in 2019), the 12,913th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,208th in 2019) and the 430th most popular American Athlete.

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  • 570k

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  • 47.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Joan Benoit ranks 2,477 out of 6,025. Before her are Coenraad Hiebendaal, Tijjani Reijnders, Alonzo Babers, Leslie Claudius, Naftali Bon, and Darius Kasparaitis. After her are Guo Jingjing, Tamás Wichmann, Ferenc Konrád, Ace Rusevski, Nelson Kuhn, and Abdul Hamid.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Joan Benoit ranks 599. Before her are Cam Clarke, Lyubov Gurina, Rosaly Lopes, Sophie Wilson, Satoru Otomo, and Jayne Torvill. After her are Philip May, Óscar Arizaga, Paul Dini, Harley Jane Kozak, Ananda Devi, and Bill Cartwright.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joan Benoit ranks 12,913 out of 20,380. Before her are Jim Bunning (1931), Tarana Burke (1973), Alonzo Babers (1961), Erica Gimpel (1964), Hugh Howey (1975), and Joseph Wambaugh (1937). After her are Tex Beneke (1914), Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. (1951), James Buchli (1945), Mo'Nique (1967), Jonathan Majors (1989), and Suzanne Farrell (1945).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Joan Benoit ranks 430. Before her are Wilbur Thompson (1921), Michael Marsh (1967), Peter Mueller (1954), Joe DeLoach (1967), Fortune Gordien (1922), and Alonzo Babers (1961). After her are Norvel Lee (1924), Willye White (1939), John Woodruff (1915), Mads Pedersen (null), Jennison Heaton (1904), and Tim Montgomery (1975).

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