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Park Tae-hwan

1989 - Today

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Park Tae-hwan (Korean: 박태환; Hanja: 朴泰桓, Korean pronunciation: [pak̚.tʰɛ̝.ɦwan]; born September 27, 1989) is a South Korean competitive swimmer who is an Olympic gold medalist and world champion. He has four Olympic medals, five world titles, and 20 Asian Games medals. He won a gold medal in the 400-meter freestyle and a silver in the 200-meter freestyle events at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Park Tae-hwan has received more than 549,352 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Park Tae-hwan is the 260th most popular swimmer (down from 202nd in 2019), the 747th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 738th in 2019) and the most popular South Korean Swimmer.

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  • 35.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Park Tae-hwan ranks 260 out of 709. Before him are Ryan Lochte, Martina Moravcová, Bengt Baron, Donna de Varona, Aaron Peirsol, and Tom Jager. After him are Zoltán Verrasztó, Dara Torres, Florent Manaudou, Petra van Staveren, Jolanda de Rover, and Lars Frölander.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Park Tae-hwan ranks 367. Before him are Emeraude Toubia, Pia Wurtzbach, Alexis Knapp, Wojciech Nowicki, Alexander Petrov, and Andrea Poli. After him are Matteo Trentin, Selah Sue, Marc Albrighton, Paweł Fajdek, Fagner Conserva Lemos, and Lee Sang-hwa.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Park Tae-hwan ranks 747 out of 1,128. Before him are Go Youn-jung (1996), Park Jin-young (1994), Cho Sung-hwan (1982), Nam Tae-hee (1991), Woo Do-hwan (1992), and Pyo Ye-jin (1992). After him are Dong Hyun Kim (1981), Kim Jae-yup (1965), Lee Si-yeon (1980), Park Ji-hu (2003), Lee Sang-hwa (1989), and Noh Soo-jin (1962).

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Among SWIMMERS In South Korea

Among swimmers born in South Korea, Park Tae-hwan ranks 1. After him are Kim Seo-yeong (1994).

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