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Pita Taufatofua

1983 - Today

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Pita Nikolas Taufatofua (born 5 November 1983) is a Tongan athlete in taekwondo, cross-country skiing, and canoe. He is also a UNICEF ambassador and motivational speaker and lives in Brisbane, Australia. Taufatofua became internationally famous after appearing in a traditional Tongan taʻovala wrapped around his waist, with his chest bared and oiled, as Tonga's flagbearer in the 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pita Taufatofua has received more than 646,825 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Pita Taufatofua is the 3,964th most popular athlete (down from 1,958th in 2019), the 706th most popular biography from Australia (down from 441st in 2019) and the 55th most popular Australian Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Pita Taufatofua ranks 3,964 out of 6,025. Before him are Luciana Diniz, Ku Bon-chan, Jari Mantila, Nick Hysong, Hugues Obry, and Valentin Kononen. After him are Simon Fairweather, Carlette Guidry-White, David Oliver, Ewa Swoboda, Eva Lund, and Reuben Kosgei.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Pita Taufatofua ranks 772. Before him are Ólafur Ingi Skúlason, Klim Shipenko, Samantha Mumba, Tommaso Berni, Gonzalo Fierro, and Marek Bakoš. After him are Sak Noel, Anastasia Davydova, Adrienne Bailon, Tammin Sursok, Todor Aleksiev, and Reeve Carney.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Pita Taufatofua ranks 706 out of 1,143. Before him are Kate Grenville (1950), Elizabeth Smylie (1963), Matthew Goss (1986), Patty Mills (1988), Harrison Gilbertson (1993), and Alex Dimitriades (1973). After him are Simon Fairweather (1969), Ashley Fisher (1975), Bill Brown (1912), Matthew Breeze (1972), Feliks Zemdegs (1995), and Aaron Mooy (1990).

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Among ATHLETES In Australia

Among athletes born in Australia, Pita Taufatofua ranks 55. Before him are Glynis Nunn (1960), Lisa Martin (1960), Eleanor Patterson (1996), Raelene Boyle (1951), Alyson Annan (1973), and Nina Kennedy (1997). After him are Simon Fairweather (1969), Mark Knowles (1984), Rebecca Smith (null), Genevieve Gregson (1989), Nicola McDermott (1996), and Debbie Flintoff-King (1960).

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