CYCLIST

Julien Absalon

1980 - Today

Julien Absalon

Julien Arnaud Absalon (born 16 August 1980) is a French former cross-country mountain biker, who competed as a professional from 2001 to 2018. He is considered to be one of the most successful cross-country cyclists of all time. Throughout his career, Absalon gold medals at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, five World Championships (2004–2007, 2014), seven UCI World Cup overall titles (2003, 2006–2009, 2014, 2016) and 33 World Cup rounds, which was an all-time record before being broken by Nino Schurter in 2023. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Julien Absalon has received more than 142,565 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Julien Absalon is the 556th most popular cyclist (down from 427th in 2019), the 5,606th most popular biography from France (down from 5,007th in 2019) and the 67th most popular French Cyclist.

Memorability Metrics

140k
Page Views (PV)
37.35
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
24
Languages Editions (L)
3.70
Effective Languages (L*)
3.13
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Julien Absalon ranks 556 out of 1,613. Before him are Marzio Bruseghin, Thomas Frischknecht, László Bodrogi, Beat Zberg, Dainis Ozols, and Cédric Vasseur. After him are Robert Förstemann, Filippo Pozzato, Connie Carpenter-Phinney, Javier Otxoa, Richie Porte, and Enrico Gasparotto.

Most Popular Cyclists in Wikipedia

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Marzio Bruseghin
1974 - Present
HPI: 37.45
Rank: 550
Thomas Frischknecht
1970 - Present
HPI: 37.45
Rank: 551
László Bodrogi
1976 - Present
HPI: 37.41
Rank: 552
Beat Zberg
1971 - Present
HPI: 37.41
Rank: 553
Dainis Ozols
1966 - Present
HPI: 37.41
Rank: 554
Cédric Vasseur
1970 - Present
HPI: 37.36
Rank: 555
Julien Absalon
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.35
Rank: 556
Robert Förstemann
1986 - Present
HPI: 37.27
Rank: 557
Filippo Pozzato
1981 - Present
HPI: 37.26
Rank: 558
Connie Carpenter-Phinney
1957 - Present
HPI: 37.26
Rank: 559
Javier Otxoa
1974 - 2018
HPI: 37.25
Rank: 560
Richie Porte
1985 - Present
HPI: 37.25
Rank: 561
Enrico Gasparotto
1982 - Present
HPI: 37.24
Rank: 562

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Julien Absalon ranks 426. Before him are Ryan Miller, Mustafa Ceceli, Zaho, Ti West, Lim Yo-hwan, and Cabore. After him are Katja Herbers, Marama Vahirua, Shannon Lucio, Andy Ram, Katie Morgan, and Stig Rästa.

Others Born in 1980

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Ryan Miller
HOCKEY PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.41
Rank: 420
Mustafa Ceceli
SINGER
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.41
Rank: 421
Zaho
SINGER
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.40
Rank: 422
Ti West
FILM DIRECTOR
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.37
Rank: 423
Lim Yo-hwan
GAMER
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.36
Rank: 424
Cabore
SOCCER PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.35
Rank: 425
Julien Absalon
CYCLIST
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.35
Rank: 426
Katja Herbers
ACTOR
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.34
Rank: 427
Marama Vahirua
SOCCER PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.34
Rank: 428
Shannon Lucio
ACTOR
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.32
Rank: 429
Andy Ram
TENNIS PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.28
Rank: 430
Katie Morgan
PORNOGRAPHIC ACTOR
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.27
Rank: 431
Stig Rästa
SINGER
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.24
Rank: 432

In France

Among people born in France, Julien Absalon ranks 5,606 out of 6,770. Before him are Ugo Humbert (1998), Michaël Guigou (1982), Rachid Ghezzal (1992), Cédric Vasseur (1970), Guy Demel (1981), and Alma (1988). After him are Georges-Kévin Nkoudou (1995), Wesley Fofana (2000), Dika Mem (1997), Thomas Langmann (1971), Eric Carrière (1973), and Pierre-Hugues Herbert (1991).

Others born in France

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Ugo Humbert
TENNIS PLAYER
1998 - Present
HPI: 37.39
Rank: 5,600
Michaël Guigou
HANDBALL PLAYER
1982 - Present
HPI: 37.39
Rank: 5,601
Rachid Ghezzal
SOCCER PLAYER
1992 - Present
HPI: 37.38
Rank: 5,602
Cédric Vasseur
CYCLIST
1970 - Present
HPI: 37.36
Rank: 5,603
Guy Demel
SOCCER PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 37.36
Rank: 5,604
Alma
SINGER
1988 - Present
HPI: 37.35
Rank: 5,605
Julien Absalon
CYCLIST
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.35
Rank: 5,606
Georges-Kévin Nkoudou
SOCCER PLAYER
1995 - Present
HPI: 37.35
Rank: 5,607
Wesley Fofana
SOCCER PLAYER
2000 - Present
HPI: 37.33
Rank: 5,608
Dika Mem
HANDBALL PLAYER
1997 - Present
HPI: 37.33
Rank: 5,609
Thomas Langmann
FILM DIRECTOR
1971 - Present
HPI: 37.33
Rank: 5,610
Eric Carrière
SOCCER PLAYER
1973 - Present
HPI: 37.30
Rank: 5,611
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
TENNIS PLAYER
1991 - Present
HPI: 37.29
Rank: 5,612