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Kelly Holmes

1970 - Today

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Dame Kelly Holmes (born 19 April 1970) is a retired British middle distance athlete, TV presenter and television personality. Holmes specialised in the 800 metres and 1,500 metres events and won gold medals for both distances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She set British records in numerous events and still holds the records over the 600, and 1,000 metre distances. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kelly Holmes has received more than 2,093,471 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Kelly Holmes is the 4,048th most popular athlete (down from 2,819th in 2019), the 7,233rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,489th in 2019) and the 137th most popular British Athlete.

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  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Kelly Holmes ranks 4,048 out of 6,025Before her are Ralf Bartels, Wang Hee-kyung, Steve Backley, Kjeld Nuis, Fatima Moreira de Melo, and Genevieve Gregson. After her are Nicola McDermott, Alex Young, Živilė Balčiūnaitė, Benjamin Compaoré, Iva Prandzheva, and Jimmy Shea.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Kelly Holmes ranks 933Before her are Susan Egan, Cathrine Lindahl, Matthew Pinsent, Paqui, Richard Šmehlík, and Wang Hee-kyung. After her are Ken Ishikawa, Didier Rous, Volodymyr Tykhyi, Yolanda Griffith, Ginuwine, and Emily Lloyd.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Kelly Holmes ranks 7,233 out of 8,785Before her are Emilia Jones (2002), Ed Davey (1965), Hattie Morahan (1978), Steve Backley (1969), Nigel Spink (1958), and Ben Mee (1989). After her are Ian Hallam (1948), Gary Wilson (1985), Eliot Higgins (1979), Jack McConnell (1960), Simon Grayson (1969), and Bat for Lashes (1979).

Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Kelly Holmes ranks 137Before her are Dwain Chambers (1978), Fatima Whitbread (1961), Mike McFarlane (1960), Andy Holmes (1959), Matthew Pinsent (1970), and Steve Backley (1969). After her are Stephen Jones (null), Charlie Spedding (1952), Roger Black (1966), Peter Elliott (1962), Anna Tunnicliffe (1982), and Todd Bennett (1962).