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Lashinda Demus

1983 - Today

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Lashinda Demus (born March 10, 1983, in Inglewood, California) is a retired American hurdler who specialized in the 400 meter hurdles, an event in which she was the 2011 world champion and 2012 Olympic gold medalist, becoming the first woman from the United States to win the Olympic 400 m hurdles title. Demus' personal best time over 400 m hurdles is 52.47 seconds, set in Daegu, South Korea on September 1, 2011, making her as of December 2022 the seventh-fastest woman in history in the event. At the time it was the American record. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lashinda Demus has received more than 99,115 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Lashinda Demus is the 5,262nd most popular athlete (down from 3,893rd in 2019), the 18,682nd most popular biography from United States (down from 17,259th in 2019) and the 669th most popular American Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Lashinda Demus ranks 5,262 out of 6,025. Before her are Miya Tachibana, David Neville, Feryal Abdelaziz, Miloš Ćuk, Paul Tanui, and Si Tianfeng. After her are Ilona Usovich, Marko Kump, Jānis Strenga, Evgeniy Garanichev, Polina Guryeva, and Miho Takeda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Lashinda Demus ranks 1,178. Before her are Björn Kircheisen, Vincenzo Picardi, Cyril Lemoine, Glenn Loovens, František Raboň, and Michelle Ang. After her are Elrio van Heerden, Carsten Mogensen, Samad Nikkhah Bahrami, Mohamed Ahmed Bashir, Mehdi Taouil, and Abhinandan Varthaman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lashinda Demus ranks 18,682 out of 20,380. Before her are Chris Nilsen (1998), Matt Striker (1974), Desmond Mason (1977), David Neville (1984), Emily DiDonato (1991), and Millicent Simmonds (2003). After her are Matt Rife (1995), Zelina Vega (1990), Teyana Taylor (1990), T. J. Warren (1993), Caroline Sunshine (1995), and Rachel Korine (1986).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Lashinda Demus ranks 669. Before her are DeeDee Trotter (1982), Ira Brown (1982), Bianca Knight (1989), Walter Davis (1979), Chris Nilsen (1998), and David Neville (1984). After her are Elizabeth Armstrong (1983), Lea Ann Parsley (1968), Diana López (1984), Janee' Kassanavoid (1995), Tonja Buford-Bailey (1970), and Will Claye (1991).

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