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Lopez Lomong

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Lopez Lomong (born January 5, 1985) is a South Sudanese-born American track and field athlete. Lomong, one of the Lost Boys of Sudan, came to the United States at the age of 16 and became a U.S. citizen in 2007. Lomong qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 1500 meters at the United States Olympic track and field trials in Eugene, Oregon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lopez Lomong has received more than 285,770 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Lopez Lomong is the 6,515th most popular athlete (down from 4,069th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from South Sudan (down from 7th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South Sudanese Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 290k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 32.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Lopez Lomong ranks 6,515 out of 6,025. Before him are Hagos Gebrhiwet, Éider Arévalo, Simon Hansen, Ruth Chepng'etich, Tessa Gobbo, and Ivet Goranova. After him are Cédric Charlier, Thierry Brinkman, Keydomar Vallenilla, Kellie Wells, Nadezhda Dubovitskaya, and Elvira Herman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Lopez Lomong ranks 1,469. Before him are Benjamin Weß, Ryota Hayasaka, Brandon Rush, Hideaki Takeda, Vijay Kumar, and Tyler Hansbrough. After him are Rusko, Stephen Miller, Kiyotaka Miyoshi, Lucie Pinson, Yōsuke Nozaki, and Bruna Benites.

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In South Sudan

Among people born in South Sudan, Lopez Lomong ranks 8 out of 9. Before him are Riek Machar (1953), Alek Wek (1977), Luol Deng (1985), Guor Marial (1984), James Moga (1983), and Thon Maker (1997). After him are Rose Lokonyen (1995), Duop Reath (1996), Liu Shiying (null), James Chiengjiek (1992), Paulo Amotun Lokoro (1992), and Abraham Guem (1999).

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Among ATHLETES In South Sudan

Among athletes born in South Sudan, Lopez Lomong ranks 2. Before him are Guor Marial (1984). After him are Rose Lokonyen (1995), Liu Shiying (null), James Chiengjiek (1992), Paulo Amotun Lokoro (1992), Abraham Guem (1999), Matthew Rossiter (1989), and Amur Al-Khanjari (2000).

South Sudanese born Athletes

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