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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 485,246 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Nesta Carter is the 1,487th most popular athlete (down from 1,185th in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from Jamaica (up from 67th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Jamaican Athlete.

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  • 490k

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  • 40.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Nesta Carter ranks 1,487 out of 3,059Before him are Viktor Mamatov, Radion Gataullin, Jakov Fak, Alberto Cova, Jürgen Hingsen, and Franz Keller. After him are Otto Fickeisen, Steve Redgrave, Milena Duchková, Nezha Bidouane, Rita Kühne, and Harold Whitlock.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Nesta Carter ranks 181Before him are Danila Kozlovsky, Emil Hegle Svendsen, Vasilis Torosidis, Thiago Neves, Danica Curcic, and Melody Gardot. After him are Tatiana Maslany, Haruka Ayase, Rudy Fernández, Madeline Zima, Jonathan Soriano, and Karim El Ahmadi.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Nesta Carter ranks 59 out of 168Before him are John Belchier (1706), Kenneth O. Hall (1941), Yohan Blake (1989), Millie Small (1947), Coxsone Dodd (1932), and Arthur Wint (1920). After him are John Holt (1947), Lennox Miller (1946), Alexander Bustamante (1884), Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (1986), Bruce Golding (1947), and Andrew Holness (1972).

Among ATHLETES In Jamaica

Among athletes born in Jamaica, Nesta Carter ranks 12Before him are Don Quarrie (1951), George Rhoden (1926), Shawn Rhoden (1975), Donovan Bailey (1967), Yohan Blake (1989), and Arthur Wint (1920). After him are Lennox Miller (1946), Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (1986), Herb McKenley (1922), Michael Frater (1982), Elaine Thompson (1992), and Veronica Campbell-Brown (1982).