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Nicol David

1983 - Today

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Datuk Nicol Ann David (born August 26, 1983) is a retired female Malaysian professional squash player. Beginning in August 2006, David was the world number one for a record-breaking 108 consecutive months, finally ceding the ranking in September 2015 to Raneem El Weleily. She has won the World Open title a record 8 times in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014, as well as the British Open title in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012 and 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicol David has received more than 863,739 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Nicol David is the 3,814th most popular athlete (down from 2,455th in 2019), the 71st most popular biography from Malaysia (down from 53rd in 2019) and the most popular Malaysian Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 860k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 31.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Nicol Davids by language

Over the past year Nicol David has had the most page views in the with 94,570 views, followed by Malay (24,918), and Chinese (9,655). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Chinese (562.21%), Sinhalese (122.25%), and Czech (116.11%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Nicol David ranks 3,814 out of 6,025Before her are Novlene Williams-Mills, Aleksey Mishin, Tania Cagnotto, Ulrike Holzner, Paulína Fialková, and Marcin Lewandowski. After her are Simon Schempp, Alexis Copello, Shaolin Sándor Liu, Alessio Sartori, Vasilij Žbogar, and Philipp Schoch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Nicol David ranks 816Before her are Evan Taubenfeld, Somen Tchoyi, Hitomi Kanehara, Sergei Kornilenko, Marco Padalino, and Frederik Nielsen. After her are Leandro Domingues, Chris Masters, Melaine Walker, Alberto Medina, Miranda Lambert, and Nguyễn Tiến Minh.

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In Malaysia

Among people born in Malaysia, Nicol David ranks 71 out of 90Before her are Nisha Ayub (1979), Ambiga Sreenevasan (1956), Nicholas Teo (1981), Che'Nelle (1983), Mohd Faiz Subri (1987), and Azizulhasni Awang (1988). After her are Pandelela Rinong (1993), Yuna (1986), Shaun Maloney (1983), Fairuz Fauzy (1982), Ronny Chieng (1985), and Nigel Ng (1991).

Among ATHLETES In Malaysia

Among athletes born in Malaysia, Nicol David ranks 1After her are Pandelela Rinong (1993), and Cheong Jun Hoong (1990).