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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 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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  • 520k

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  • 37.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

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.

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Contemporaries

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.

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In United States

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).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

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).

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