ATHLETE

Kelly Sotherton

1976 - Today

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Kelly Jade Sotherton (born 13 November 1976) is a British former heptathlete, long jumper and relay runner. In the heptathlon she was the bronze medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics and, following the disqualification of two other athletes, also at the 2008 Summer Olympics, as well as being part of the bronze medal-winning team in the Women's 4x400m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics (again, initially finishing 5th but upgraded after various subsequent doping disqualifications). As such she is one of only five women to win multiple medals in Olympic heptathlon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kelly Sotherton has received more than 294,766 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Kelly Sotherton is the 5,265th most popular athlete (down from 4,165th in 2019), the 8,012th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,250th in 2019) and the 189th most popular British Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 290k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 23.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Kelly Sothertons by language

Over the past year Kelly Sotherton has had the most page views in the with 18,614 views, followed by Russian (617), and Slovenian (616). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Slovenian (82.79%), Latvian (65.03%), and Egyptian Arabic (54.03%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Kelly Sotherton ranks 5,265 out of 6,025Before her are Ivan Nifontov, Roline Repelaer van Driel, Muna Lee, Yang Qian, Marco Arop, and Kahena Kunze. After her are Alexis Bœuf, Anthony Zambrano, Ivana Maksimović, Karl-Richard Frey, Delfina Merino, and Tatjana Pinto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Kelly Sotherton ranks 1,150Before her are Tony Battie, Takuya Ito, Janet Varney, Yukinori Shigeta, Kenji Kitahara, and Don Hertzfeldt. After her are Mitsuru Mukojima, Ro Khanna, Kosaku Masuda, Cat Deeley, Matt Welsh, and Ron Mercer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Kelly Sotherton ranks 8,012 out of 8,785Before her are Ben Goldacre (1974), Zoella (1990), Kimberley Walsh (1981), Megan Prescott (1991), Jack Cutmore-Scott (1987), and Cameron Jerome (1986). After her are Tom Fletcher (1985), James Wilson (1995), Jonathan Walters (1983), Gavin McCann (1978), Jake Wood (1972), and Derek Whyte (1968).

Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Kelly Sotherton ranks 189Before her are Mark Lewis-Francis (1982), Ben Maher (1983), Sarah Stevenson (1983), Tony Jarrett (1968), Georgia Taylor-Brown (1994), and Janice Rankin (1972). After her are Donna Hartley (1955), James Dasaolu (1987), Phelan Hill (1979), Paul Goodison (1977), Marcus Walz (1994), and Richard Kilty (1989).