1957 - Today
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 at that race for 28 years. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joan Benoit has received more than 517,066 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Joan Benoit is the 1,789th most popular athlete (down from 1,018th in 2019), the 12,235th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,438th in 2019) and the 335th most popular American Athlete.
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Among athletes, Joan Benoit ranks 1,789 out of 3,059. Before her are Nobutaka Taguchi, Sigrun Wodars, Ludmila Engquist, Willie Banks, Tapio Kantanen, and Dagmar Neubauer. After her are Noah Ngeny, Fritz Fischer, Ahmed Al-Maktoum, Benny Brown, Rita Wilden, and Guo Jingjing.
1951 - Present
HPI: 37.74
Rank: 1,783
1965 - Present
HPI: 37.74
Rank: 1,784
1964 - Present
HPI: 37.74
Rank: 1,785
1956 - Present
HPI: 37.72
Rank: 1,786
1949 - Present
HPI: 37.68
Rank: 1,787
1962 - Present
HPI: 37.67
Rank: 1,788
1957 - Present
HPI: 37.67
Rank: 1,789
1978 - Present
HPI: 37.66
Rank: 1,790
1956 - Present
HPI: 37.65
Rank: 1,791
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.64
Rank: 1,792
1953 - 1996
HPI: 37.64
Rank: 1,793
1947 - Present
HPI: 37.64
Rank: 1,794
1981 - Present
HPI: 37.63
Rank: 1,795
Among people born in 1957, Joan Benoit ranks 539. Before her are Fatimata M'Baye, Roberto Accornero, Richard Jeni, Jenifer Lewis, Ilene Chaiken, and Jean Castaneda. After her are Philippe Riboud, Norbert Növényi, Nitin Gadkari, Peter Sellars, Matt Vogel, and Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar.
1957 - Present
HPI: 38.00
Rank: 533
1957 - Present
HPI: 37.96
Rank: 534
1957 - 2007
HPI: 37.93
Rank: 535
1957 - Present
HPI: 37.86
Rank: 536
1957 - Present
HPI: 37.76
Rank: 537
1957 - Present
HPI: 37.72
Rank: 538
1957 - Present
HPI: 37.67
Rank: 539
1957 - Present
HPI: 37.65
Rank: 540
1957 - Present
HPI: 37.56
Rank: 541
1957 - Present
HPI: 37.55
Rank: 542
1957 - Present
HPI: 37.52
Rank: 543
1957 - Present
HPI: 37.46
Rank: 544
1957 - Present
HPI: 37.44
Rank: 545
Among people born in United States, Joan Benoit ranks 12,235 out of 18,182. Before her are Timothy Kopra (1963), Mamie Gummer (1983), Wings Hauser (1947), Serena Auñón-Chancellor (1976), Gretchen Fraser (1919), and Henry Cejudo (1987). After her are Liza Koshy (1996), Vanessa Carlton (1980), Mary Ellen Weber (1962), Jake Abel (1987), Tyron Woodley (1982), and Randall Jarrell (1914).
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.67
Rank: 12,229
1983 - Present
HPI: 37.67
Rank: 12,230
1947 - Present
HPI: 37.67
Rank: 12,231
1976 - Present
HPI: 37.67
Rank: 12,232
1919 - 1994
HPI: 37.67
Rank: 12,233
1987 - Present
HPI: 37.67
Rank: 12,234
1957 - Present
HPI: 37.67
Rank: 12,235
1996 - Present
HPI: 37.67
Rank: 12,236
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.67
Rank: 12,237
1962 - Present
HPI: 37.66
Rank: 12,238
1987 - Present
HPI: 37.66
Rank: 12,239
1982 - Present
HPI: 37.66
Rank: 12,240
1914 - 1965
HPI: 37.66
Rank: 12,241
Among athletes born in United States, Joan Benoit ranks 335. Before her are Bruce Harlan (1926), Jennison Heaton (1904), Clarence DeMar (1888), Marcell Jacobs (1994), Earl Young (1941), and Willie Banks (1956). After her are Benny Brown (1953), Dean Smith (1932), Carol Lewis (1963), Norvel Lee (1924), Alonzo Babers (1961), and Frank Shakespeare (1930).
1926 - 1959
HPI: 37.96
Rank: 329
1904 - 1971
HPI: 37.95
Rank: 330
1888 - 1958
HPI: 37.81
Rank: 331
1994 - Present
HPI: 37.80
Rank: 332
1941 - Present
HPI: 37.79
Rank: 333
1956 - Present
HPI: 37.72
Rank: 334
1957 - Present
HPI: 37.67
Rank: 335
1953 - 1996
HPI: 37.64
Rank: 336
1932 - 2023
HPI: 37.58
Rank: 337
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.49
Rank: 338
1924 - 1992
HPI: 37.45
Rank: 339
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.42
Rank: 340
1930 - Present
HPI: 37.35
Rank: 341