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Marion Jones

1975 - Today

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Marion Lois Jones (born October 12, 1975), also known as Marion Jones-Thompson, is an American former world champion track-and-field athlete and former professional basketball player. She won three gold medals and two bronze medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, but was later stripped of her medals after admitting to steroid use.Jones was one of the most famous athletes to be linked to the BALCO scandal. The performance-enhancing substance usage scandal covered more than 20 top-level athletes, including Jones's ex-husband, shot putter C.J. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marion Jones has received more than 3,510,317 page views. Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. Marion Jones is the 83rd most popular basketball player (up from 155th in 2019), the 5,484th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,178th in 2019) and the 49th most popular American Basketball Player.

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Marion Jones ranks 83 out of 1,268Before her are Dino Meneghin, Ivo Daneu, Zoran Slavnić, Willis Reed, Manu Ginóbili, and Petar Skansi. After her are Vladimir Tkachenko, Ray Allen, George Gervin, Wes Unseld, Ettore Messina, and Jānis Krūmiņš.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Marion Jones ranks 79Before her are Keiko Fujimori, Suriya, Aron Ralston, Lauryn Hill, Yasmin Levy, and John Higgins. After her are Iván Helguera, Tara Reid, Choi Ji-woo, Ray Allen, Oksana Chusovitina, and Leigh Bardugo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marion Jones ranks 5,484 out of 18,182Before her are Bill Condon (1955), Chuck Hagel (1946), Helen Herron Taft (1861), Alexander Mackendrick (1912), Robert Walker (1918), and Budd Boetticher (1916). After her are Danneel Ackles (1979), Thomas Friedman (1953), Oswald Veblen (1880), James Shigeta (1929), Milman Parry (1902), and Anne Shirley (1918).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Marion Jones ranks 49Before her are Elvin Hayes (1945), Nate Thurmond (1941), Nikos Galis (1957), Jerry Sloan (1942), Jerry Lucas (1940), and Willis Reed (1942). After her are Ray Allen (1975), George Gervin (1952), Wes Unseld (1946), Gary Payton (1968), Larry Brown (1940), and Kevin Garnett (1976).