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Naoko Takahashi

1972 - Today

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Naoko Takahashi (高橋 尚子, Takahashi Naoko, born May 6, 1972) is a retired Japanese long-distance runner and Olympic gold medal-winning marathoner. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Naoko Takahashi has received more than 115,755 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Naoko Takahashi is the 2,523rd most popular athlete (down from 1,686th in 2019), the 1,940th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,684th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Japanese Athlete.

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  • 120k

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  • 47.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Naoko Takahashi ranks 2,523 out of 6,025Before her are Gladys Davis, Suleiman Nyambui, Angelika Bahmann, Chris Tomlinson, Marian Dudziak, and John Woodruff. After her are Joshua Cheptegei, Vladimer Aptsiauri, Päivi Meriluoto, Ahmed Al-Maktoum, Warren Cole, and Romeo Rivers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Naoko Takahashi ranks 502Before her are Abdelkrim El Hadrioui, Cung Le, DJ Shadow, Nocturno Culto, Eyal Berkovic, and Terry Balsamo. After her are Phil O'Donnell, Julie Plec, Adam Beach, Derek Mears, Claudia Poll, and Mohammad Rasoulof.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Naoko Takahashi ranks 1,940 out of 6,245Before her are Shizuka Itō (1980), Michiko Neya (1965), Kazumi Totaka (1967), Tatsuya Ishihara (1966), Atsumi Tanezaki (1987), and Erika Sawajiri (1986). After her are Tadatoshi Masuda (1973), Masami Nagasawa (1987), Yasuharu Sorimachi (1964), Yoko Taro (1970), Kazuto Sakata (1966), and Takahiro Moriuchi (1988).

Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Naoko Takahashi ranks 40Before her are Shinji Hosokawa (1960), Toru Goto (1934), Naohiro Ikeda (1940), Mayumi Aoki (1953), Nobutaka Taguchi (1951), and Koji Murofushi (1974). After her are Hideaki Tomiyama (1957), Christa Deguchi (1995), Hiroshi Yamamoto (1962), Ami Yuasa (1998), Yuko Arimori (1966), and Masato (1979).