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Mary Decker

1958 - Today

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Mary Teresa Slaney (formerly Tabb, née Decker, born August 4, 1958) is an American retired middle-distance and long-distance runner. During her career, she won gold medals in the 1500 meters and 3000 meters at the 1983 World Championships and was the world-record holder in the mile, 5000 meters and 10,000 meters. In total, she set 17 official and unofficial world records, and she was the first woman to break 4:20 for the mile. She also set 36 U.S. national records at distances ranging from 800 meters to 10,000 meters, and has held the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Decker has received more than 788,660 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Decker is the 2,561st most popular athlete (down from 1,857th in 2019), the 13,219th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,662nd in 2019) and the 440th most popular American Athlete.

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  • 790k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Mary Decker ranks 2,561 out of 6,025. Before her are Nailya Gilyazova, Ato Boldon, Vic Lindquist, Zhang Jun, James Mitchel, and Daniel Giger. After her are Hideaki Tomiyama, Tatyana Providokhina, Salah Hissou, Mohamed Kedir, Fernanda Ribeiro, and Aries Merritt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Mary Decker ranks 623. Before her are Gary Bailey, Peter Hultqvist, Imre Garaba, Nobuhiro Ishizaki, Zlatko Krmpotić, and Brice Hortefeux. After her are Norbert Meier, Doris de Agostini, Toyah Willcox, Martin Odersky, Hiroshi Mori, and Steve Antin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mary Decker ranks 13,219 out of 20,380. Before her are John Johnson (1947), Freddy Rodriguez (1975), Jerry Nelson (1934), Ernie Sabella (1949), Briana Evigan (1986), and Floyd Cramer (1933). After her are Tate Taylor (1969), James Gibbons (1834), Connie Kay (1927), Bob Kasten (1942), Will Hunt (1971), and Candice Patton (1985).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Mary Decker ranks 440. Before her are Mads Pedersen (null), Jennison Heaton (1904), Tim Montgomery (1975), Gerry Ashworth (1942), Fred Newhouse (1948), and Lawrence Shields (1895). After her are Aries Merritt (1985), Meredith Colket (1878), Dennis Mitchell (1966), Joe Rantz (1914), Vicki Draves (1924), and Bob Seagren (1946).

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