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Meb Keflezighi

1975 - Today

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Mebrahtom "Meb" Keflezighi (; Ge'ez: መብራህቶም ክፍልእዝጊ, Mebrāhtōm Kifl'izgī; born May 5, 1975) is a retired Eritrean-born American long distance runner. He is the 2004 Olympic silver medalist in the marathon and finished in fourth place in the 2012 Summer Olympics. He won the 2009 New York City Marathon on November 1, 2009, and the 2014 Boston Marathon on April 21, 2014, becoming the first American man to win each race since 1982 and 1983, respectively. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Meb Keflezighi has received more than 617,056 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Meb Keflezighi is the 4,830th most popular athlete (down from 3,882nd in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Eritrea and the 3rd most popular Eritrean Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 620k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 26.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Meb Keflezighis by language

Over the past year Meb Keflezighi has had the most page views in the with 49,539 views, followed by Italian (1,802), and Spanish (1,300). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Czech (69.21%), Korean (33.52%), and Spanish (29.74%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Meb Keflezighi ranks 4,830 out of 6,025. Before him are Andrea Anderson, Martina Zubčić, Viktor Nagy, Maykel Massó, Toshikazu Yamanishi, and Rajmund Fodor. After him are Fátima Gálvez, Sebastián Crismanich, Khrystyna Stuy, Pavlos Kontides, Andrija Zlatić, and Daniel Böhm.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Meb Keflezighi ranks 1,015. Before him are Todd Bertuzzi, Shinichi Sato, Hiroki Aratani, Teppei Nishiyama, Kazuyoshi Mikami, and Juvenile. After him are Masato Saito, Gakuya Horii, Yoshio Kitajima, Akinori Kosaka, Bertine Zetlitz, and Hirotoshi Yokoyama.

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In Eritrea

Among people born in Eritrea, Meb Keflezighi ranks 12 out of 13. Before him are Gianfranco Rosi (1963), Zersenay Tadese (1982), Daniel Teklehaimanot (1988), Ghirmay Ghebreslassie (1995), Biniam Girmay (2000), and Merhawi Kudus (1994). After him are Natnael Berhane (1991).

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Among ATHLETES In Eritrea

Among athletes born in Eritrea, Meb Keflezighi ranks 3. Before him are Zersenay Tadese (1982), and Ghirmay Ghebreslassie (1995).

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