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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 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 709,704 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Mary Decker is the 1,858th most popular athlete (down from 1,327th in 2019), the 12,691st most popular biography from United States (down from 12,345th in 2019) and the 347th most popular American Athlete.

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  • 36.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Mary Decker ranks 1,858 out of 3,059. Before her are Sabine Braun, Karnam Malleswari, Gulnara Samitova-Galkina, Sergei Mylnikov, Nikolay Bazhukov, and Jesse Mashburn. After her are Oleksandr Bagach, Lorenzo Wright, Dilshod Nazarov, Jochen Schümann, Jenn Suhr, and Kamila Skolimowska.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Mary Decker ranks 558. Before her are Debbie Cameron, Bernard Blancan, Steve Antin, Sergei Mylnikov, Adolf Lu Hitler Marak, and Chieko Asakawa. After her are Hamza Yusuf, Jeph Loeb, Vladimir Parfenovich, Alan Hale, Louise Ritter, and Lev Psakhis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mary Decker ranks 12,691 out of 18,182. Before her are Eva Amurri (1985), Ed Bradley (1941), Patrick McEnroe (1966), Mitzi Green (1920), William Monahan (1960), and Juanita M. Kreps (1921). After her are Henry Weed Fowler (1878), Dylan Bruno (1972), Justin Whalin (1974), Bonnie Somerville (1974), Kim Richards (1964), and Gena Lee Nolin (1971).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Mary Decker ranks 347. Before her are Frank Shakespeare (1930), Allyson Felix (1985), Frank Spellman (1922), Bob Seagren (1946), Wilbur Thompson (1921), and Jesse Mashburn (1933). After her are Lorenzo Wright (1926), Jenn Suhr (1982), Louise Ritter (1958), Mal Whitfield (1924), Vicki Draves (1924), and George Woods (1943).

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