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Joe Kovacs

1989 - Today

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Joseph Mathias Kovacs ( KOH-vaks; born June 28, 1989) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the shot put and has a personal record of 23.23 meters outdoors and 22.05 meters indoors. He won gold medals at the 2015 and 2019 World Championships. He won silver medals at the 2017 World Championships, 2016, 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics. His personal best of 23.23 metres makes him the second best competitor all-time in the shot put event. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Kovacs has received more than 585,478 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Joe Kovacs is the 4,669th most popular athlete (down from 4,012th in 2019), the 18,110th most popular biography from United States (down from 17,418th in 2019) and the 622nd most popular American Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Joe Kovacs ranks 4,669 out of 6,025. Before him are Marie-Josée Ta Lou, Paola Vukojicic, Juan Manuel Vivaldi, Sally Gunnell, Nicolás García, and Martin Sauer. After him are Nurcan Taylan, Nikolay Spinyov, Chloe Esposito, Martina Hrašnová, Romain Mahieu, and Tigst Assefa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Joe Kovacs ranks 858. Before him are Kim Ekdahl du Rietz, Linet Masai, Chiaki Omigawa, Vesna Dolonc, Zsuzsanna Jakabos, and Hovig Demirjian. After him are Jonathan Reis, Dina Shihabi, Victor Muffat-Jeandet, Kristian Bjørnsen, Maxime Le Marchand, and Queralt Castellet.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joe Kovacs ranks 18,110 out of 20,380. Before him are Chance Perdomo (1996), Logan Miller (1992), James Adomian (1980), Ashleigh Murray (1988), MC Lyte (1970), and Laphonza Butler (1979). After him are Earl Clark (1988), Nina Gordon (1967), Shane Harper (1993), Jacqueline Woodson (1963), Mike Stulce (1969), and Bernard A. Harris Jr. (1956).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Joe Kovacs ranks 622. Before him are Nicolás García (null), Alvin Harrison (1974), Anthony Washington (1966), Amy Fuller (1968), Michael Norman (1997), and Lisa Klein (null). After him are Mike Stulce (1969), Derrick Brew (1977), Darold Williamson (1983), Anthony Gatto (1973), Adeline Gray (1991), and Tim Harden (1974).

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