1974 - Today
Koji Alexander Murofushi, (広治アレクサンダー室伏, Kōji Arekusandā Murofushi, born October 8, 1974) is a former Japanese hammer thrower and sports scientist. He has been among the world elite since the 2001 World Championships, where he won the silver medal. He was the 2004 Olympic champion. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Koji Murofushi has received more than 151,518 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Koji Murofushi is the 1,666th most popular athlete (down from 1,108th in 2019), the 1,664th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,541st in 2019) and the 21st most popular Japanese Athlete.
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Among athletes, Koji Murofushi ranks 1,666 out of 3,059. Before him are Margit Schumann, Ivan Tsikhan, Ara Abrahamian, Nouria Mérah-Benida, Dwight Stones, and John Walker. After him are Guillermo Douglas, Simon Fourcade, Herb McKenley, Mario Tullio Montano, Rod Milburn, and Yvonne van Gennip.
1952 - 2017
HPI: 38.88
Rank: 1,660
1976 - Present
HPI: 38.88
Rank: 1,661
1975 - Present
HPI: 38.86
Rank: 1,662
1970 - Present
HPI: 38.84
Rank: 1,663
1953 - Present
HPI: 38.83
Rank: 1,664
1952 - Present
HPI: 38.79
Rank: 1,665
1974 - Present
HPI: 38.79
Rank: 1,666
1909 - 1967
HPI: 38.75
Rank: 1,667
1984 - Present
HPI: 38.73
Rank: 1,668
1922 - 2007
HPI: 38.72
Rank: 1,669
1944 - 2017
HPI: 38.72
Rank: 1,670
1950 - 1997
HPI: 38.72
Rank: 1,671
1964 - Present
HPI: 38.70
Rank: 1,672
Among people born in 1974, Koji Murofushi ranks 332. Before him are Brooke Elliott, Mónica Naranjo, Marco Antonio Barrera, Lukas Ridgeston, Elvir Baljić, and Chris Messina. After him are David Foenkinos, Iratxe García, Sandro Ricci, Eason Chan, Sofia Polgár, and Tadahiro Nomura.
1974 - Present
HPI: 38.97
Rank: 326
1974 - Present
HPI: 38.94
Rank: 327
1974 - Present
HPI: 38.88
Rank: 328
1974 - Present
HPI: 38.87
Rank: 329
1974 - Present
HPI: 38.85
Rank: 330
1974 - Present
HPI: 38.81
Rank: 331
1974 - Present
HPI: 38.79
Rank: 332
1974 - Present
HPI: 38.79
Rank: 333
1974 - Present
HPI: 38.77
Rank: 334
1974 - Present
HPI: 38.77
Rank: 335
1974 - Present
HPI: 38.77
Rank: 336
1974 - Present
HPI: 38.76
Rank: 337
1974 - Present
HPI: 38.75
Rank: 338
Among people born in Japan, Koji Murofushi ranks 1,664 out of 6,048. Before him are Atsuto Uchida (1988), Satoshi Ohno (1980), Nobuhiro Takeda (1967), Mao Asada (1990), Makoto Yukimura (1976), and Toshinobu Katsuya (1961). After him are Tōru Hashimoto (1969), Pata (1965), Ryoichi Kawakatsu (1958), Yoshinori Kitase (1966), Ryōta Murata (1986), and Tadahiro Nomura (1974).
1988 - Present
HPI: 38.91
Rank: 1,658
1980 - Present
HPI: 38.91
Rank: 1,659
1967 - Present
HPI: 38.88
Rank: 1,660
1990 - Present
HPI: 38.87
Rank: 1,661
1976 - Present
HPI: 38.85
Rank: 1,662
1961 - Present
HPI: 38.83
Rank: 1,663
1974 - Present
HPI: 38.79
Rank: 1,664
1969 - Present
HPI: 38.78
Rank: 1,665
1965 - Present
HPI: 38.77
Rank: 1,666
1958 - Present
HPI: 38.76
Rank: 1,667
1966 - Present
HPI: 38.76
Rank: 1,668
1986 - Present
HPI: 38.75
Rank: 1,669
1974 - Present
HPI: 38.75
Rank: 1,670
Among athletes born in Japan, Koji Murofushi ranks 21. Before him are Tetsuo Hamuro (1917), Haruki Uemura (1951), Tsuyoshi Yamanaka (1939), Takao Sakurai (1941), Akitsugu Konno (1944), and Yoshihisa Yoshikawa (1936). After him are Naoko Takahashi (1972), Mayumi Aoki (1953), Nobutaka Taguchi (1951), Shinji Hosokawa (1960), Yuko Arimori (1966), and Hiroshi Yamamoto (1962).
1917 - 2005
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 15
1951 - Present
HPI: 42.45
Rank: 16
1939 - 2017
HPI: 41.95
Rank: 17
1941 - 2012
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 18
1944 - 2019
HPI: 40.85
Rank: 19
1936 - 2019
HPI: 39.92
Rank: 20
1974 - Present
HPI: 38.79
Rank: 21
1972 - Present
HPI: 38.58
Rank: 22
1953 - Present
HPI: 38.43
Rank: 23
1951 - Present
HPI: 37.74
Rank: 24
1960 - Present
HPI: 37.59
Rank: 25
1966 - Present
HPI: 35.70
Rank: 26
1962 - Present
HPI: 34.29
Rank: 27