1983 - Today
Pita Nikolas Taufatofua (born 5 November 1983) is a Tongan taekwondo practitioner and skier who lives in Australia. Taufatofua became widely known after footage of his appearance at the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics oiled and shirtless went viral. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pita Taufatofua has received more than 357,963 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Pita Taufatofua is the 2,160th most popular athlete (down from 1,598th in 2019), the 593rd most popular biography from Australia (down from 462nd in 2019) and the 28th most popular Australian Athlete.
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Among athletes, Pita Taufatofua ranks 2,160 out of 3,055. Before him are Wang Yihan, Aslı Çakır Alptekin, Nancy Langat, Torri Edwards, Ivan Tcherezov, and Galen Rupp. After him are Miho Bošković, Ryan Crouser, Magnus Kirt, Irina Meleshina, Brigitte Yagüe, and Thomas Schmidt.
1988 - Present
HPI: 43.35
Rank: 2,154
1985 - Present
HPI: 43.35
Rank: 2,155
1981 - Present
HPI: 43.34
Rank: 2,156
1977 - Present
HPI: 43.34
Rank: 2,157
1980 - Present
HPI: 43.34
Rank: 2,158
1986 - Present
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 2,159
1983 - Present
HPI: 43.32
Rank: 2,160
1983 - Present
HPI: 43.31
Rank: 2,161
1992 - Present
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 2,162
1990 - Present
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 2,163
1982 - Present
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 2,164
1981 - Present
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 2,165
1976 - Present
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 2,166
Among people born in 1983, Pita Taufatofua ranks 855. Before him are Marco Galiazzo, Chen Qi, Hovhannes Davtyan, Dustin Pedroia, Trisha, and Alex Antônio de Melo Santos. After him are Miho Bošković, Jesse Moss, Leandro Rinaudo, Amaral, Evaldo Silva dos Santos, and Radoslav Velikov.
1983 - Present
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 849
1983 - Present
HPI: 43.37
Rank: 850
1983 - Present
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 851
1983 - Present
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 852
1983 - Present
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 853
1983 - Present
HPI: 43.32
Rank: 854
1983 - Present
HPI: 43.32
Rank: 855
1983 - Present
HPI: 43.31
Rank: 856
1983 - Present
HPI: 43.31
Rank: 857
1983 - Present
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 858
1983 - Present
HPI: 43.27
Rank: 859
1983 - Present
HPI: 43.23
Rank: 860
1983 - Present
HPI: 43.19
Rank: 861
Among people born in Australia, Pita Taufatofua ranks 593 out of 790. Before him are Aaron Mooy (1990), Stan Lazaridis (1972), Michael Turtur (1958), Rob Swire (1982), Vanessa Amorosi (1981), and Nathan Jawai (1986). After him are Mitch Nichols (1989), Will Clarke (1985), Buddy Murphy (1988), Saša Ognenovski (1979), Natalie Cook (1975), and Bindi Irwin (1998).
1990 - Present
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 587
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 588
1958 - Present
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 589
1982 - Present
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 590
1981 - Present
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 591
1986 - Present
HPI: 43.32
Rank: 592
1983 - Present
HPI: 43.32
Rank: 593
1989 - Present
HPI: 43.31
Rank: 594
1985 - Present
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 595
1988 - Present
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 596
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 597
1975 - Present
HPI: 43.22
Rank: 598
1998 - Present
HPI: 43.14
Rank: 599
Among athletes born in Australia, Pita Taufatofua ranks 28. Before him are Andrew Hoy (1959), Glynis Nunn (1960), Jamie Dwyer (1979), Sally Pearson (1986), Mahé Drysdale (1978), and Nathan Deakes (1977). After him are Simon Fairweather (1969), James Tomkins (1965), Michelle Jenneke (1993), Matthew Mitcham (1988), Debbie Flintoff-King (1960), and Tim Forsyth (1973).
1959 - Present
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 22
1960 - Present
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 23
1979 - Present
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 24
1986 - Present
HPI: 44.70
Rank: 25
1978 - Present
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 26
1977 - Present
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 27
1983 - Present
HPI: 43.32
Rank: 28
1969 - Present
HPI: 42.79
Rank: 29
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.77
Rank: 30
1993 - Present
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 31
1988 - Present
HPI: 42.15
Rank: 32
1960 - Present
HPI: 41.85
Rank: 33
1973 - Present
HPI: 41.81
Rank: 34