1966 - Today
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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Among athletes, Randy Barnes ranks 1,330 out of 3,059. Before 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.
1908 - 1995
HPI: 41.53
Rank: 1,324
1972 - Present
HPI: 41.53
Rank: 1,325
1910 - 1988
HPI: 41.51
Rank: 1,326
1948 - Present
HPI: 41.51
Rank: 1,327
1979 - Present
HPI: 41.49
Rank: 1,328
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.49
Rank: 1,329
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.48
Rank: 1,330
1910 - 1996
HPI: 41.47
Rank: 1,331
1897 - 1982
HPI: 41.47
Rank: 1,332
1958 - Present
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 1,333
1944 - Present
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 1,334
1924 - 1999
HPI: 41.43
Rank: 1,335
1916 - 1981
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 1,336
Among people born in 1966, Randy Barnes ranks 334. Before 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.
1966 - 2008
HPI: 41.65
Rank: 328
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.60
Rank: 329
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.57
Rank: 330
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.55
Rank: 331
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 332
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.49
Rank: 333
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.48
Rank: 334
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.45
Rank: 335
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.39
Rank: 336
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.34
Rank: 337
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.32
Rank: 338
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.31
Rank: 339
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 340
Among people born in United States, Randy Barnes ranks 9,912 out of 18,182. Before 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).
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.49
Rank: 9,906
1925 - 2010
HPI: 41.49
Rank: 9,907
1871 - 1936
HPI: 41.49
Rank: 9,908
1897 - 1966
HPI: 41.49
Rank: 9,909
1928 - 2013
HPI: 41.48
Rank: 9,910
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.48
Rank: 9,911
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.48
Rank: 9,912
1980 - Present
HPI: 41.48
Rank: 9,913
1968 - 2004
HPI: 41.47
Rank: 9,914
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.47
Rank: 9,915
1954 - Present
HPI: 41.47
Rank: 9,916
1930 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 9,917
1792 - 1873
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 9,918
Among athletes born in United States, Randy Barnes ranks 246. Before 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).
1967 - Present
HPI: 41.72
Rank: 240
1884 - 1949
HPI: 41.68
Rank: 241
1926 - 2023
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 242
1880 - 1950
HPI: 41.62
Rank: 243
1937 - 2017
HPI: 41.56
Rank: 244
1975 - Present
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 245
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.48
Rank: 246
1937 - Present
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 247
1882 - 1960
HPI: 41.35
Rank: 248
1914 - 1991
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 249
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 250
1891 - 1952
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 251
1873 - 1967
HPI: 41.24
Rank: 252