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Michel Jazy

1936 - 2024

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Michel Jazy (13 June 1936 – 1 February 2024) was a French middle-distance runner and long-distance runner. He won the 1500 metres silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics, as well as two golds (in 1962 and 1966) and one silver (in 1966) at the European Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michel Jazy has received more than 69,392 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Michel Jazy is the 116th most popular athlete (up from 831st in 2019), the 2,789th most popular biography from France (up from 4,398th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Athlete.

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  • 54.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Michel Jazy ranks 116 out of 6,025. Before him are Pyotr Bolotnikov, Haile Gebrselassie, Egil Danielsen, Ivanka Khristova, Sherm Clark, and Eric Liddell. After him are Alajos Szokolyi, Jim Thorpe, Aleksandr Privalov, Ron Clarke, Friedrich Traun, and Esther Brand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Michel Jazy ranks 185. Before him are Arend Lijphart, Norma Aleandro, Volodymyr Holubnychy, Santos Abril y Castelló, Lee "Scratch" Perry, and Vyacheslav Kebich. After him are Han Seung-soo, Fernando Solanas, Antonio María Rouco Varela, Joe Don Baker, Koji Sasaki, and Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho. Among people deceased in 2024, Michel Jazy ranks 151. Before him are Francisco Jara, Marlena Shaw, Richard S. Hamilton, Anatoli Polivoda, Jandira Martini, and M. Emmet Walsh. After him are John Barth, Bill Cobbs, Bernard Chiarelli, Christoph Daum, Jean Malaurie, and Silvio Santos.

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In France

Among people born in France, Michel Jazy ranks 2,789 out of 6,770. Before him are Bob Sinclar (1969), Bertrand de Jouvenel (1903), Hippolyte Bayard (1801), Ernest Duchesne (1874), Christian Marquand (1927), and Louise Diane d'Orléans (1716). After him are Christian Louboutin (1964), Edmond Audran (1840), André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (1819), Michael Baius (1513), Catulle Mendès (1841), and François Séverin Marceau (1769).

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Among ATHLETES In France

Among athletes born in France, Michel Jazy ranks 3. Before him are Albin Lermusiaux (1874), and Henri Eberhardt (1913). After him are Bernard Morel (1925), Joseph Guillemot (1899), Joanni Perronet (1877), Adolphe Grisel (1872), Micheline Ostermeyer (1922), Henri Deloge (1874), Camille Mandrillon (1891), Jean Bouin (1888), and Albert Ayat (1875).

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