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Nick Willis

1983 - Today

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Nicholas Ian Willis (born 25 April 1983) is a New Zealand middle distance runner and the country's only two-time Olympic medalist in the 1500 metres. He won the silver medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, and bronze at the 2016 Olympics in Rio De Janeiro. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nick Willis has received more than 230,757 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Nick Willis is the 2,957th most popular athlete (up from 3,870th in 2019), the 155th most popular biography from New Zealand (up from 205th in 2019) and the 18th most popular New Zealander Athlete.

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  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Nick Willis ranks 2,957 out of 6,025Before him are Amel Tuka, Hanne Haugland, Jean Galfione, Abdullo Tangriev, Nico Rienks, and Gerda Weissensteiner. After him are Christian Olsson, Dong Hyun Kim, Andrew Crosby, Mauro Numa, Samir Mammadov, and Michael Jung.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Nick Willis ranks 444Before him are Jussiê, Rafe Spall, Koke, Filip Bandžak, Aaron Peirsol, and Cristian Molinaro. After him are Kim Myong-won, Marlon Roudette, Leonardo Santiago, Marco Zoro, Sherif Ekramy, and Zé Castro.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Nick Willis ranks 155 out of 303Before him are Bill Rowling (1927), Whina Cooper (1895), Brendon Hartley (1989), Ruth Park (1917), Rachel Hunter (1969), and Jay Ryan (1981). After him are Mark Paston (1976), Sonny Bill Williams (1985), Gina Bellman (1966), Tony Shelly (1937), Valerie Adams (1984), and Sarah McLeod (1971).

Among ATHLETES In New Zealand

Among athletes born in New Zealand, Nick Willis ranks 18Before him are Simon Dickie (1951), Warren Cole (1940), Harry Kerr (1879), Joe Earl (1952), Mark Todd (1956), and Neroli Fairhall (1944). After him are Valerie Adams (1984), Bevan Docherty (1977), Grant Bramwell (1961), Lorraine Moller (1955), Eric Verdonk (1959), and Laurel Hubbard (1978).