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María Caridad Colón

1958 - Today

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María Caridad Colón Rueñes-Salazar (born March 25, 1958, in Baracoa) is a former javelin thrower from Cuba who won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics, setting a new record. She lit the flame at the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games. In 2020, Rueñes became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of María Caridad Colón has received more than 25,435 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). María Caridad Colón is the 1,902nd most popular athlete (down from 1,740th in 2019), the 150th most popular biography from Cuba (down from 146th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Cuban Athlete.

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  • 42.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, María Caridad Colón ranks 1,902 out of 6,025. Before her are Margitta Pufe, Henry Proctor, Frank Rühle, Alfred Probst, Ottó Boros, and Andreas Thorkildsen. After her are Edwin Graves, Josef Doležal, Jiří Lanský, Ekkehard Fasser, Ron Freeman, and Rinnat Safin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, María Caridad Colón ranks 497. Before her are Charles F. Kettering, Ellen Ochoa, Jean-Max Bellerive, Harri Kirvesniemi, Raymond Mommens, and Jeffrey Williams. After her are José Luis Clerc, Alex Yermolinsky, Jürgen Hingsen, Siobhan Fahey, Sergei Treshchov, and Wilfred Benítez.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, María Caridad Colón ranks 150 out of 300. Before her are José Magriñá (1917), Alejandro Casañas (1954), Rico Rodriguez (1934), Javier Perez-Capdevila (1963), Pedro Bergés (1906), and Carlos Gutierrez (1953). After her are Carmen Reinhart (1955), Roberto Balado (1969), Tomás Herrera Martínez (1950), Héctor Rodríguez (1951), José Tapia (1905), and Silvio Leonard (1955).

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Among ATHLETES In Cuba

Among athletes born in Cuba, María Caridad Colón ranks 6. Before her are Javier Sotomayor (1967), Alberto Juantorena (1950), Iván Pedroso (1972), Ana Fidelia Quirot (1963), and Alejandro Casañas (1954). After her are Silvio Leonard (1955), Dayron Robles (1986), Maritza Martén (1963), Silvia Chivás (1954), Ángel Herrera Vera (1957), and Osleidys Menéndez (1979).

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