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Kara Goucher

1978 - Today

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Kara Goucher (born Kara Grgas on July 9, 1978) is an American long-distance runner, author, television commentator, and podcaster. She was the 10,000 meters silver medalist at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics and represented the USA at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Olympics. She made her marathon debut in 2008 and finished third the following year at the Boston Marathon. She competed collegiately for the University of Colorado and was a three-time NCAA champion (twice in track and once in cross country). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kara Goucher has received more than 544,283 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Kara Goucher is the 7,627th most popular athlete (down from 4,133rd in 2019), the 20,268th most popular biography from United States (down from 17,578th in 2019) and the 862nd most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 540k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 28.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Kara Goucher ranks 7,627 out of 6,025. Before her are Githa Michiels, Marieke Keijser, Anabel Medina, Alexander Belonogoff, Atabek Azisbekov, and Noémi Háfra. After her are Gilles Biron, Zoltán Lévai, Anna Hall, Julia Chanourdie, Alicja Konieczek, and Mirmostafa Javadi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Kara Goucher ranks 1,257. Before her are Alberto Michán, Clint Hill, Amy Chow, Paul Robinson, Kyle Hamilton, and Gary Naysmith. After her are Alex Oliveira, Tatiana Drozdovskaya, Nobuhiro Naito, Tim Morehouse, Damien Johnson, and John Tartaglia.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kara Goucher ranks 20,268 out of 20,380. Before her are Isabella Acres (2001), Sam Shankland (1991), John Henson (1990), Justin Jackson (1995), Moisés Hernández (1992), and Jimmy Howard (1984). After her are Greg Stiemsma (1985), Jessica Steffens (1987), Francesca Capaldi (2004), Gerek Meinhardt (1990), Luis Gil (1993), and Jessica Beard (1989).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Kara Goucher ranks 862. Before her are Todd Frazier (1986), Virginia Thrasher (1997), Giancarla Trevisan (1993), Maggie Steffens (1993), Jenna Prandini (1992), and Emily Regan (1988). After her are Jessica Steffens (1987), Jessica Beard (1989), Elina Lampela (1998), Raven Saunders (1996), Ivan Šapina (1999), and Noelle Pikus-Pace (1982).

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