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Nesta Carter

1985 - Today

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Nesta Carter OD (born October 11, 1985) is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres event. Carter was successful as part of the Jamaican 4 x 100 metres relay team, taking gold and setting successive world records at the 2011 World Championships and 2012 London Olympics. He also won a 4 x 100m silver medal at the 2007 World Championship and a gold at the 2015 World Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nesta Carter has received more than 578,886 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Nesta Carter is the 2,058th most popular athlete (down from 1,486th in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 59th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Jamaican Athlete.

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  • 49.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Nesta Carter ranks 2,058 out of 6,025. Before him are Giovanni Delise, Diane Foster, Tiril Eckhoff, George Hutson, Daniel Rudisha, and Donovan Bailey. After him are Josef Kloimstein, Burton Downing, Ferenc Török, Oscar Osthoff, Saida Gunba, and Gail Devers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Nesta Carter ranks 182. Before him are Vasilis Torosidis, Karim El Ahmadi, Dwight Howard, Anita Włodarczyk, Madeline Zima, and Joakim Noah. After him are Max Minghella, Alyssa Diaz, Kyle Busch, Stanislav Ianevski, Rúben Amorim, and Ciprian Marica.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Nesta Carter ranks 68 out of 189. Before him are Herb McKenley (1922), Millie Small (1947), Andrew Holness (1972), Coxsone Dodd (1932), Linford Christie (1960), and Donovan Bailey (1967). After him are John Holt (1947), Howard Cooke (1915), Roger Cross (1969), Bruce Golding (1947), Alexander Bustamante (1884), and Ini Kamoze (1957).

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Among ATHLETES In Jamaica

Among athletes born in Jamaica, Nesta Carter ranks 17. Before him are Yohan Blake (1989), Arthur Wint (1920), Shawn Rhoden (1975), Herb McKenley (1922), Linford Christie (1960), and Donovan Bailey (1967). After him are Veronica Campbell-Brown (1982), Elaine Thompson (1992), Keith Gardner (1929), Michael Frater (1982), Grace Jackson (1961), and Bert Cameron (1959).

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