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Richard Meade

1938 - 2015

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Richard John Hannay Meade, (4 December 1938 – 8 January 2015) was Britain's most successful male equestrian at the Olympics. He was a triple Olympic gold medalist and the first British rider to win an individual Olympic title. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Meade has received more than 112,389 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Richard Meade is the 3,222nd most popular athlete (down from 2,423rd in 2019), the 6,825th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,202nd in 2019) and the 117th most popular British Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 34.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Richard Meade ranks 3,222 out of 6,025. Before him are Shericka Jackson, Denis Nizhegorodov, Filip Adamski, Sunder Nix, Sam Kendricks, and Detlef Hofmann. After him are Charity Opara, Krisztián Pars, Britta Bilač, Claudia Zaczkiewicz, Vita Semerenko, and Róbert Fazekas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Richard Meade ranks 619. Before him are Bertie Auld, Bruce Babbitt, Patrick John, Derek Dougan, Shashi Deshpande, and Sai Paranjpye. After him are Frank Kelly, Paul G. Kirk, Suniti Solomon, Bill Christian, Jim Wedderburn, and Tom Lester. Among people deceased in 2015, Richard Meade ranks 564. Before him are Howard Davis Jr., Bassel Khartabil, Dean Potter, Chenjerai Hove, Alexis Vastine, and Junior Malanda. After him are Olene Walker, Grace Ogot, Avijit Roy, Annarita Sidoti, Claudia Alexander, and Sergey Sharikov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Meade ranks 6,825 out of 8,785. Before him are Tony Mowbray (1963), Cynthia Erivo (1987), Kieron Dyer (1978), Jamie Murray (1986), O. T. Fagbenle (1980), and Brian McDermott (1961). After him are Cynthia Addai-Robinson (1985), Alex Lawther (1995), FKA Twigs (1988), Ella Purnell (1996), Justin Hawkins (1975), and Edward Shearmur (1966).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Richard Meade ranks 117. Before him are Brendan Foster (1948), Sheila Sherwood (1945), Nellie Halstead (1910), Jean Pickering (1929), Kirsten Barnes (1968), and Dorothy Hyman (1941). After him are David Broome (1940), Derek Ibbotson (1932), Vicky Holland (1986), Tom Daley (1994), Martin Cross (1957), and Ian Stewart (1949).

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