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John Carlos

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John Wesley Carlos (born June 5, 1945) is an American former track and field athlete and professional American football player. He was the bronze-medal winner in the 200 meters at the 1968 Summer Olympics, where he displayed the Black Power salute on the podium with Tommie Smith. He went on to tie the world record in the 100-yard dash and beat the 200 meters world record (although the latter achievement was never certified). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Carlos has received more than 962,666 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. John Carlos is the 144th most popular athlete (down from 106th in 2019), the 3,954th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,429th in 2019) and the 35th most popular American Athlete.

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  • 25

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  • 4.25

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  • 3.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, John Carlos ranks 144 out of 3,059Before him are Vyacheslav Vedenin, Volmari Iso-Hollo, Heike Drechsler, Vsevolod Bobrov, Charilaos Vasilakos, and Gaston Roelants. After him are Waldemar Cierpinski, Oscar Pistorius, Yevgeny Grishin, John Ljunggren, Nils von Kantzow, and Francisco Lázaro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, John Carlos ranks 231Before him are John Doman, Betty Mahmoody, Sheila, Werner Schroeter, Linda Harrison, and Roger Donaldson. After him are Earl Boen, Anselm Grün, Thilo Sarrazin, Michael Nouri, Bob Klose, and John Perkins.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Carlos ranks 3,954 out of 18,182Before him are B. J. Thomas (1942), Lyndon LaRouche (1922), Mitchell Feigenbaum (1944), David Janssen (1931), Tommy Dorsey (1905), and Jennifer Lee (1971). After him are Reginald VelJohnson (1952), Robert M. Pirsig (1928), George Shultz (1920), Dave Grohl (1969), Tom Atkins (1935), and Lana Wood (1946).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, John Carlos ranks 35Before him are Michael Johnson (1967), Edwin Moses (1955), Donald Lippincott (1893), Carlos Lopes (1947), Thomas Curtis (1873), and Lee Evans (1947). After him are Harrison Dillard (1923), Bob King (1906), Ralph Boston (1939), William Hoyt (1875), Charles Dvorak (1878), and Chris Dickerson (1939).

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