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Richard Thompson

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Richard "Torpedo" Thompson (born 7 June 1985) is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago who specializes in the 100 metres. His personal best of 9.82 seconds, set in June 2014, was one of the top ten fastest of all time, and a national record. In the 200 meters, he has the fourth fastest time by a Trinidad and Tobago athlete.Thompson studied at Louisiana State University (LSU) and broke the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) indoor 60 metres record in 2008, his final season of collegiate athletics.At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Thompson was the silver medalist in the 100 meters, running a then personal best of 9.89 seconds, and the gold medalist in the 4x100 meters relay along with Emmanuel Callender, Keston Bledman and Marc Burns. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Thompson has received more than 66,473 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Richard Thompson is the 2,700th most popular athlete (down from 1,895th in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from Trinidad and Tobago and the 5th most popular Trinidadian Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Richard Thompson ranks 2,700 out of 3,059. Before him are Sofia Bekatorou, Hansle Parchment, Gloria Siebert, Anastasiya Kapachinskaya, Susanne Gunnarsson, and Svetlana Goncharenko. After him are Marit van Eupen, Christina Obergföll, Miltiadis Tentoglou, Daniele Scarpa, Denis Šefik, and Angelo Taylor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Richard Thompson ranks 681. Before him are Inge Dekker, Mohamed Abdel Shafy, Dmitry Koldun, Nathalie Moellhausen, Leandro Grimi, and Cooper Andrews. After him are Šárka Strachová, Damir Markota, Sıla Şahin, Rika Ishikawa, Dániel Tőzsér, and Taylor Rochestie.

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In Trinidad and Tobago

Among people born in Trinidad and Tobago, Richard Thompson ranks 39 out of 64. Before him are Deon Lendore (1992), Basdeo Panday (1933), Heather Headley (1974), Jlloyd Samuel (1981), Kerron Clement (1985), and Brian Lara (1969). After him are Russell Latapy (1968), Evans Wise (1973), Dennis Lawrence (1974), David Jenkins (1952), Brent Sancho (1977), and Avery John (1975).

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Among ATHLETES In Trinidad and Tobago

Among athletes born in Trinidad and Tobago, Richard Thompson ranks 5. Before him are Hasely Crawford (1950), Ato Boldon (1973), Deon Lendore (1992), and Kerron Clement (1985). After him are David Jenkins (1952), Marc Burns (1983), Emmanuel Callender (1984), Keshorn Walcott (1993), Jarrin Solomon (1986), Keston Bledman (1988), and Lalonde Gordon (1988).

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