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Randy Barnes

1966 - Today

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Eric Randolph Barnes (born June 16, 1966) is an American former shot putter who held the outdoor world record for the event from 1990 to 2021. He won silver at the 1988 Olympics and gold at the 1996 Olympics. Only three throwers have been within 40 centimetres (16 in) of his outdoor world record since it was set. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Randy Barnes has received more than 342,995 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Randy Barnes is the 1,330th most popular athlete (down from 580th in 2019), the 9,912th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,311th in 2019) and the 246th most popular American Athlete.

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  • 340k

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  • 41.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Randy Barnes ranks 1,330 out of 3,059Before him are Víctor Peralta, Iván Pedroso, Freddie Wolff, Jerzy Kaczmarek, Ruth Beitia, and Heike Henkel. After him are Aldo Montano, Henri Dulieux, Arto Bryggare, Jan Johansen, Maria Sander, and Giuseppe Tosi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Randy Barnes ranks 334Before him are Jeff Healey, Marco Antônio da Silva, Timur Kulibayev, Johan Renck, Andrei Chesnokov, and Greg Maddux. After him are Andrea Berg, Tabea Zimmermann, Kyōko Koizumi, Alastair Reynolds, Maria Canals-Barrera, and Gail Devers.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Randy Barnes ranks 9,912 out of 18,182Before him are Greg Maddux (1966), James Moody (1925), Edmund Breese (1871), Tom Florie (1897), Vern Mikkelsen (1928), and Summer Phoenix (1978). After him are Miguel Cotto (1980), Ol' Dirty Bastard (1968), Patricia Barber (1955), Donald Petrie (1954), Dolores Huerta (1930), and Sarah Moore Grimké (1792).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Randy Barnes ranks 246Before him are Leroy Burrell (1967), James Rector (1884), Bob Richards (1926), Joseph Stadler (1880), Isabelle Daniels (1937), and Tim Montgomery (1975). After him are Lucinda Williams (1937), George Bonhag (1882), Forrest Towns (1914), Gail Devers (1966), Norman Taber (1891), and Constance Titus (1873).