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Maria Mutola

1972 - Today

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Maria de Lurdes Mutola ( mə-REE-ə moo-TOH-lə; born 27 October 1972) is a retired Mozambican female track and field who specialised in the 800 metres running event. She is only the fourth female track and field athlete to compete at six Olympic Games. She is a three-time world champion in this event and a one-time Olympic champion. Although Mutola never broke the world record in her favourite event, she is regarded by many track insiders and fans as one of the greatest 800 metres female runners of all time due to her consistently good results in major championships and her exceptional longevity which saw her compete at the highest level for two decades before retiring from athletics in 2008 at the age of 35. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maria Mutola has received more than 256,504 page views. Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Maria Mutola is the 675th most popular athlete (up from 812th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Mozambique (up from 26th in 2019) and the most popular Mozambican Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Maria Mutola ranks 675 out of 6,025. Before her are Duncan McNaughton, Tamás Mendelényi, Wyomia Tyus, Shirley Strickland, Alexander Tikhonov, and Bo Lindman. After her are Pavel Schmidt, Carl Silfverstrand, Maurice Greene, Anni Steuer, Ottavio Missoni, and Jean Cau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Maria Mutola ranks 158. Before her are Mili Avital, Henrique Capriles, Catherine McCormack, Facundo Arana, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, and Big Show. After her are Daniel Amokachi, Leslie Mann, Sam Houser, Nek, Ebbe Sand, and Junichi Suwabe.

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In Mozambique

Among people born in Mozambique, Maria Mutola ranks 21 out of 38. Before her are Paulo Fonseca (1973), Mia Couto (1955), Mariza (1973), Carlos Agostinho do Rosário (1954), Alexandre José Maria dos Santos (1924), and Pascoal Mocumbi (1941). After her are Vicente Lucas (1935), Luísa Diogo (1958), Hilário (1939), Marcelino dos Santos (1929), José Craveirinha (1922), and Afonso Dhlakama (1953).

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Among ATHLETES In Mozambique

Among athletes born in Mozambique, Maria Mutola ranks 1. After her are Natalia Bajor (1997), Igor Mogne (1996), Kevin Loforte (1997), Banlung Tubtimdang (2005), Rady Gramane (1995), Creve Armando Machava (1996), Chen Shi (null), and Joaquim Lobo (1995).

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