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Paula Radcliffe

1973 - Today

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Paula Jane Radcliffe MBE (born 17 December 1973) is a former British long-distance runner. She is a three-time winner of the London Marathon (2002, 2003, 2005), three-time New York Marathon champion (2004, 2007, 2008), the 2002 Chicago Marathon winner and the 2005 World Champion in the Marathon from Helsinki. She was previously the fastest female marathoner of all time, and held the Women's World Marathon Record with a time of 2:15:25 for 16 years from 2003 to 2019 when it was broken by Brigid Kosgei.Radcliffe is a former world champion in the marathon, half marathon and cross country. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paula Radcliffe has received more than 2,037,183 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Paula Radcliffe is the 2,049th most popular athlete (down from 1,802nd in 2019), the 5,470th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,559th in 2019) and the 77th most popular British Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Paula Radcliffes by language

Over the past year Paula Radcliffe has had the most page views in the with 165,232 views, followed by Japanese (11,447), and French (10,361). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Estonian (579.01%), Irish (572.92%), and Egyptian Arabic (81.25%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Paula Radcliffe ranks 2,049 out of 6,025. Before her are Janne Stefansson, István Szívós, Miguel Seijas, Péter Baczakó, Maureen Caird, and Heikki Ikola. After her are Gillian Sheen, Félix Sánchez, Yuriy Tyukalov, Milt Campbell, Anders Peter Nielsen, and George Bonhag.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Paula Radcliffe ranks 366. Before her are Jason Behr, Levi Leipheimer, Óscar Pérez Rojas, Fabio Pecchia, Juan Gabriel Vásquez, and Bart Goor. After her are Trijntje Oosterhuis, Grigol Mgaloblishvili, Mark Boal, Rui Jorge, Yuri Landman, and Daniel Löble.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Paula Radcliffe ranks 5,470 out of 8,785. Before her are Chris Wolstenholme (1978), Ronnie Allen (1929), Alexander Wilson (1766), Gerry Marsden (1942), Edna Best (1900), and Neil Warnock (1948). After her are Gillian Sheen (1928), Patrick Steptoe (1913), Emma Chambers (1964), Susan Hill (1942), Archie Gemmill (1947), and Alex Cox (1954).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Paula Radcliffe ranks 77. Before her are Basil Heatley (1933), Michael Wheeler (1935), Tony Nash (1936), George Goulding (1884), Fiona May (1969), and George Hutson (1889). After her are Gillian Sheen (1928), Allan Wells (1952), Shirley Cawley (1932), Muriel Freeman (1897), Douglas Lowe (1902), and Thelma Hopkins (1936).

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