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Letitia Vriesde

1964 - Today

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Letitia Alma Vriesde (born 5 October 1964) is a former track and field athlete from Suriname, who specialised in the 800 metres but was also successful over 1500 metres. She is the first (and to date, only) sportsperson from Suriname to compete at five Olympic Games. She won a silver medal at the 1995 World Championships and a bronze medal at the 2001 World Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Letitia Vriesde has received more than 42,995 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Letitia Vriesde is the 2,400th most popular athlete (down from 2,012th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Suriname (down from 23rd in 2019) and the most popular Surinamer Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 43k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Letitia Vriesdes by language

Over the past year Letitia Vriesde has had the most page views in the with 4,569 views, followed by Dutch (2,870), and Chinese (685). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Norwegian (Nynorsk) (70.86%), Czech (64.10%), and Portuguese (57.64%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Letitia Vriesde ranks 2,400 out of 6,025. Before her are Nelson Kuhn, Abdul Hamid, Cyril Slater, Grigory Kiriyenko, Christine Wachtel, and Ricco Groß. After her are Mario Aldo Montano, Al Lawrence, Diana Gansky, Christine Laser, Jānis Bojārs, and Hans van Helden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Letitia Vriesde ranks 602. Before her are Andrei Borisenko, Dirk Raudies, Lee Evans, Elena Georgescu, Erica Gimpel, and Günther Mader. After her are Tom Verica, Eloy Olaya, Madonna Wayne Gacy, Augustin Matata Ponyo, Bill Browder, and Jim Jordan.

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In Suriname

Among people born in Suriname, Letitia Vriesde ranks 24 out of 33. Before her are Stanley Menzo (1963), Cynthia McLeod (1936), Melvin Manhoef (1976), Henk Fraser (1966), Ulrich van Gobbel (1971), and Edson Braafheid (1983). After her are Romeo Castelen (1983), John Veldman (1968), Romeo Zondervan (1959), Chuckie (1978), Tyrone Spong (1985), and Jeangu Macrooy (1993).

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Among ATHLETES In Suriname

Among athletes born in Suriname, Letitia Vriesde ranks 1. 

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