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Linford Christie

1960 - Today

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Linford Christie (born 2 April 1960) is a Jamaican-born British former sprinter and athletics coach. He is the only British man to have won gold medals in the 100 metres at all four major competitions open to British athletes: the Olympic Games, the World Championships, the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games. He was the first European athlete to break the 10-second barrier in the 100 m and held the British record in the event for close to 30 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Linford Christie has received more than 2,159,650 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Linford Christie is the 2,036th most popular athlete (down from 353rd in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 29th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Jamaican Athlete.

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  • 49.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Linford Christie ranks 2,036 out of 6,025. Before him are Josef Horešovský, Thomas Lange, John Mulcahy, Aleksandr Kabanov, Kelvin Kiptum, and Fred Børre Lundberg. After him are Alois Schnabel, Anita Włodarczyk, Ozren Bonačić, Natalya Pechonkina, Iryna Yatchenko, and Siegfried Brietzke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Linford Christie ranks 477. Before him are Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Stephan Engels, Valerie Bertinelli, Anett Pötzsch, David Miscavige, and P. C. Cast. After him are Anton Rop, Adnan Terzić, Maria Schneider, Branford Marsalis, Thierry Vigneron, and Shinji Hosokawa.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Linford Christie ranks 66 out of 189. Before him are Alton Ellis (1938), Kenneth O. Hall (1941), Herb McKenley (1922), Millie Small (1947), Andrew Holness (1972), and Coxsone Dodd (1932). After him are Donovan Bailey (1967), Nesta Carter (1985), John Holt (1947), Howard Cooke (1915), Roger Cross (1969), and Bruce Golding (1947).

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Among ATHLETES In Jamaica

Among athletes born in Jamaica, Linford Christie ranks 15. Before him are George Kerr (1937), Lennox Miller (1946), Yohan Blake (1989), Arthur Wint (1920), Shawn Rhoden (1975), and Herb McKenley (1922). After him are Donovan Bailey (1967), Nesta Carter (1985), Veronica Campbell-Brown (1982), Elaine Thompson (1992), Keith Gardner (1929), and Michael Frater (1982).

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