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Pietro Mennea

1952 - 2013

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Pietro Paolo Mennea (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpjɛːtro menˈnɛːa]; 28 June 1952 – 21 March 2013), nicknamed la Freccia del Sud ("the Arrow of the South"), was an Italian sprinter and politician. He was most successful in the 200m event, winning a gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, and setting a world record at 19.72 seconds in September 1979. This record stood for almost 17 years – the longest duration in the event history – and is still the European record. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pietro Mennea has received more than 380,343 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Pietro Mennea is the 65th most popular athlete (up from 173rd in 2019), the 1,993rd most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,712th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Pietro Mennea ranks 65 out of 6,025. Before him are Platt Adams, Hans Woellke, Gabriela Andersen-Schiess, Irina Press, Ralph Boston, and Al Oerter. After him are Yelena Isinbayeva, Vera Krepkina, Shizo Kanakuri, Irena Szewińska, Jürgen Schult, and Irving Baxter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Pietro Mennea ranks 125. Before him are Şenol Güneş, Dalia Itzik, Manuel Zelaya, Larry Fink, Mandy Patinkin, and Nile Rodgers. After him are James Ingram, Vladislav Tretiak, Jack W. Szostak, François Berléand, David Icke, and Vandana Shiva. Among people deceased in 2013, Pietro Mennea ranks 113. Before him are Alvin Lee, Rosalía Mera, Colin Wilson, Dokka Umarov, Bernadette Lafont, and Zillur Rahman. After him are Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Seki Matsunaga, Dennis Farina, Pran, Marcel Reich-Ranicki, and Tony Lip.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pietro Mennea ranks 1,993 out of 5,161. Before him are Emerentiana (250), Nino Castelnuovo (1936), Luigi Rossi (1597), Gian Giorgio Trissino (1478), Quintus Servilius Caepio (-200), and Cesare Mori (1871). After him are Paolo Sorrentino (1970), Joseph Freinademetz (1852), Luigi Comencini (1916), Bramantino (1465), Desiderio da Settignano (1430), and Giuseppe Siri (1906).

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Among ATHLETES In Italy

Among athletes born in Italy, Pietro Mennea ranks 2. Before him are Gustavo Marzi (1908). After him are Dorando Pietri (1885), Giorgio Pessina (1902), Gioacchino Guaragna (1908), Ugo Frigerio (1901), Giulio Gaudini (1904), Luigi Beccali (1907), Adolfo Consolini (1917), Eugenio Monti (1928), Ernesto Ambrosini (1894), and Livio Berruti (1939).

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