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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 613,261 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Pita Taufatofua is the 1,959th most popular athlete (up from 2,159th in 2019), the 441st most popular biography from Australia (up from 592nd in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Australian Athlete.

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  • 610k

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  • 35.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Pita Taufatofua ranks 1,959 out of 3,059. Before him are Joe DeLoach, Laimutė Baikauskaitė, Lorraine Crapp, Robert Reichel, Eric Lamaze, and Austra Skujytė. After him are Robert Harting, Dmitri Sautin, Selina Gasparin, Sim Iness, Yuko Arimori, and Erhard Wunderlich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Pita Taufatofua ranks 333. Before him are Philipp Degen, Luis León Sánchez, Guillermo García López, Marko Dević, Gabriel Tamaș, and Lima. After him are Tamara Gachechiladze, Toni Elías, Ranko Despotović, Kim Young-kwang, Jessy Matador, and Marcelo Huertas.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Pita Taufatofua ranks 441 out of 925. Before him are Rodney Brooks (1954), Holly Valance (1983), Mark Bosnich (1972), Robert Taylor (1963), Lorraine Crapp (1938), and Steve Corica (1973). After him are Mark Milligan (1985), Lucas Neill (1978), Dacre Montgomery (1994), Rob Dougan (1969), Mervyn Wood (1917), and David Michôd (1972).

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Among ATHLETES In Australia

Among athletes born in Australia, Pita Taufatofua ranks 22. Before him are Andrew Hoy (1959), Al Lawrence (1930), Rick Mitchell (1955), Pam Kilborn (1939), Fleur Mellor (1936), and Lorraine Crapp (1938). After him are Mervyn Wood (1917), Kate Allen (1970), Michael Wenden (1949), Robert de Castella (1957), Jenny Lamy (1949), and Ralph Doubell (1945).

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