RACING DRIVER

Luis Salom

1991 - 2016

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Luis Jaime Salom Horrach (7 August 1991 – 3 June 2016) was a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer. Salom died after a practice accident at Circuit de Catalunya, when making contact with his bike and the wall after a high-speed accident. Racing in the Moto2 class since 2014, he finished 41 races, with 3 podium appearances, including a second-place finish at the 2016 Qatar season opener. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luis Salom has received more than 486,456 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Luis Salom is the 859th most popular racing driver (down from 834th in 2019), the 2,307th most popular biography from Spain (down from 2,156th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Spanish Racing Driver.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 37.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Luis Salom ranks 859 out of 1,080. Before him are Leslie Thorne, Gábor Talmácsi, Travis Pastrana, Nikita Mazepin, Shinya Nakano, and Dave Morgan. After him are Emilio Alzamora, Jay Chamberlain, Charles Pic, Damien Magee, Gonzalo Rodríguez, and Larry Perkins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1991, Luis Salom ranks 210. Before him are Caster Semenya, Tornike Shengelia, Gōtoku Sakai, Ramiro Funes Mori, Toby Fox, and Tomáš Satoranský. After him are NF, Irene Paredes, Suk Hyun-jun, Henrik Ingebrigtsen, Nélson Oliveira, and Davide Santon. Among people deceased in 2016, Luis Salom ranks 587. Before him are Maurice G. Dantec, Andy Bathgate, Nikolay Abramov, Theresa Saldana, Dalian Atkinson, and Patricia Barry. After him are Tera Wray, Mike Oxley, Marcos Danilo Padilha, Sahabzada Yaqub Khan, Nicholas Brathwaite, and Vasyl Slipak.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Luis Salom ranks 2,307 out of 3,355. Before him are Óscar Hernández (1978), Rafael Pascual (1970), Jordi Codina (1982), Guillermo García López (1983), David Navarro (1980), and Jordi Amat (1992). After him are Irene Paredes (1991), Mateo Garralda (1969), Jorge Otero (1969), Emilio Alzamora (1973), Alberto Botía (1989), and Sandra Sánchez (1981).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Spain

Among racing drivers born in Spain, Luis Salom ranks 35. Before him are Marc Coma (1976), Pol Espargaró (1991), Dani Sordo (1983), Álex Márquez (1996), Jorge Martín (1998), and Toni Elías (1983). After him are Emilio Alzamora (1973), Roberto Merhi (1991), Álex Rins (1995), Joan Mir (1997), Héctor Barberá (1986), and Tito Rabat (1989).

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