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Leonidas of Rhodes

200 BC - 200 BC

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Leonidas of Rhodes (Ancient Greek: Λεωνίδας ὁ Ῥόδιος; born 188 BC) was one of the most famous ancient Olympic runners. For four consecutive Olympiads (164–152 BC), he was champion of three foot races. He was hailed with the title "Triastes" (tripler). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leonidas of Rhodes has received more than 452,268 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Leonidas of Rhodes is the 40th most popular athlete (down from 27th in 2019), the 338th most popular biography from Greece (down from 309th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Greek Athlete.

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  • 450k

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  • 58.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Leonidas of Rhodes ranks 40 out of 6,025. Before him are Larry Scott, Max Emmerich, Vasily Alekseyev, Aladár Gerevich, Tom Courtney, and Alberto Juantorena. After him are Albin Lermusiaux, Louis Zamperini, Jan Železný, Viktor Saneyev, Gaston Aumoitte, and Archie Hahn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 200 BC, Leonidas of Rhodes ranks 20. Before him are Aristobulus I, Eumenes III, Seleucus V Philometor, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus, Simon Thassi, and Bocchus I. After him are Kanada, Crates of Mallus, Apollonius Molon, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus, Artabanus I of Parthia, and Lucius Porcius Cato. Among people deceased in 200 BC, Leonidas of Rhodes ranks 4. Before him are Livius Andronicus, Gentius, and Lucius Mummius Achaicus. After him are Quintus Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus, Laodice III, Moschus, Wiman of Gojoseon, Mithridates III of Pontus, Gaius Terentius Varro, Ariarathes VII of Cappadocia, and Sextus Aelius Paetus Catus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Leonidas of Rhodes ranks 338 out of 1,024. Before him are Alexander V of Macedon (-390), Nicos Poulantzas (1936), Demosthenes (-412), Ariston of Sparta (-550), Zoilus (-400), and Antilochus (null). After him are Semonides of Amorgos (-650), Diagoras of Melos (-450), Laonikos Chalkokondyles (1423), Antenor (-590), Campaspe (-400), and Nikolaos Gyzis (1842).

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Among ATHLETES In Greece

Among athletes born in Greece, Leonidas of Rhodes ranks 2. Before him are Spyridon Louis (1873). After him are Coroebus of Elis (-800), Theagenes of Thasos (-500), Stamata Revithi (1866), Charilaos Vasilakos (1877), Dimitrios Golemis (1874), Konstantinos Tsiklitiras (1888), Evangelos Damaskos (1801), Archon of Pella (-400), Miltiadis Gouskos (1877), and Yiannis Kouros (1956).

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