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Mariel Zagunis

1985 - Today

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Mariel Leigh Zagunis (born March 3, 1985) is an American sabre fencer. She is a two-time Olympic champion in the individual sabre (2004 and 2008) and the first American woman to win a gold medal in fencing at the Olympics (which happened in 2004). She was Team USA flag bearer in the 2012 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mariel Zagunis has received more than 201,238 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Mariel Zagunis is the 221st most popular fencer (up from 229th in 2019), the 17,633rd most popular biography from United States (down from 16,859th in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Fencer.

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  • 30.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FENCERS

Among fencers, Mariel Zagunis ranks 221 out of 349Before her are Sofya Velikaya, Arianna Errigo, Daniele Garozzo, Shin A-lam, Inna Deriglazova, and Alaaeldin Abouelkassem. After her are Erwann Le Péchoux, Anna Sivkova, Larisa Korobeynikova, Igor Tikhomirov, Cheung Ka Long, and Diego Confalonieri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Mariel Zagunis ranks 892Before her are Patrice Bergeron, Élise Bussaglia, Gediminas Bagdonas, Masiela Lusha, Michele Canini, and Aditya Roy Kapur. After her are Juhamatti Aaltonen, Oscar Gatto, Carlos Valdés, Jaroslav Kulhavý, Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala, and Asin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mariel Zagunis ranks 17,633 out of 20,380Before her are Karl Anderson (1980), John LeClair (1969), Darvis Patton (1977), Hollis Conway (1967), Bill McKibben (1960), and Sydney McLaughlin (1999). After her are Tiya Sircar (1982), Noah Munck (1996), Johanna Braddy (1987), Jeff Henderson (1989), Ray Nagin (1956), and Trayvon Bromell (1995).

Among FENCERS In United States

Among fencers born in United States, Mariel Zagunis ranks 4Before her are George Calnan (1900), Albertson Van Zo Post (1866), and Ibtihaj Muhammad (1985). After her are Race Imboden (1993), Alexander Massialas (1994), Maya Lawrence (1980), Sada Jacobson (1983), Lee Kiefer (1994), Rebecca Ward (1990), Gerek Meinhardt (1990), and Kelley Hurley (1988).