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Nawal El Moutawakel

1962 - Today

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Nawal El Moutawakel (Amazigh: ⵏⴰⵡⴰⵍ ⵍⵎⵓⵜⴰⵡⴰⵇⵇⵍ ; Arabic: نوال المتوكل; born 15 April 1962) is a Moroccan former hurdler, who won the inaugural women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1984 Summer Olympics, and is the first Moroccan, Arab, African, and Muslim woman to win an Olympic gold. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nawal El Moutawakel has received more than 183,027 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Nawal El Moutawakel is the 315th most popular athlete (up from 361st in 2019), the 89th most popular biography from Morocco (down from 88th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Moroccan Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Nawal El Moutawakel ranks 315 out of 6,025. Before her are John Akii-Bua, Adolfo Consolini, Ethel Catherwood, Don Bragg, Bob King, and Arthur Blake. After her are Arne Åhman, Gabriele Reinsch, Armas Toivonen, Eugenio Monti, Ernesto Ambrosini, and Evelyn Ashford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Nawal El Moutawakel ranks 174. Before her are Taslima Nasrin, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Branko Đurić, Bertrand Gachot, Joan Osborne, and Yoshiyuki Sadamoto. After her are Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, Jack Irons, Ari Folman, Julio César Chávez, Kim Vilfort, and Birgit Fischer.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Nawal El Moutawakel ranks 89 out of 264. Before her are Gad Elmaleh (1971), Noureddine Naybet (1970), Hicham El Guerrouj (1974), Alain Souchon (1944), Philippe Barbarin (1950), and Rhadi Ben Abdesselam (1929). After her are Mohammed Karim Lamrani (1919), Aryeh Deri (1959), Abu Sa'id Uthman II (1275), Muhammad ibn Idris (null), Said Belqola (1956), and Ahmed Rami (1946).

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Among ATHLETES In Morocco

Among athletes born in Morocco, Nawal El Moutawakel ranks 4. Before her are Saïd Aouita (1959), Hicham El Guerrouj (1974), and Rhadi Ben Abdesselam (1929). After her are Brahim Boutayeb (1967), Robert Leroux (1967), Jaouad Gharib (1972), Nezha Bidouane (1969), Hasna Benhassi (1978), Salah Hissou (1972), Khalid Boulami (1969), and Mohammed Achik (1965).

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