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Richard Thompson

1985 - Today

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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 66,101 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Richard Thompson is the 3,458th most popular athlete (down from 2,699th in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Trinidad and Tobago (down from 39th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Trinidadian Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 66k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 33.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Richard Thompsons by language

Over the past year Richard Thompson has had the most page views in the with 4,480 views, followed by Chinese (2,048), and Japanese (1,880). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Indonesian (237.25%), Czech (97.07%), and Catalan (95.08%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Richard Thompson ranks 3,458 out of 6,025. Before him are Piotr Małachowski, Martina Beck, Rumyana Neykova, Song Dae-nam, Arnd Peiffer, and Svetlana Shkolina. After him are Ingo Appelt, Linda Grubben, María Pérez, László Fidel, Nadzeya Ostapchuk, and Milica Mandić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Richard Thompson ranks 638. Before him are Jesús Gámez, Colbie Caillat, Ida Alstad, Anzur Ismailov, Melanie Behringer, and Magdi Rúzsa. After him are Steven Davis, Logan Bailly, Miguel Britos, Ha Dae-sung, Hossein Kaebi, and Álex Bergantiños.

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In Trinidad and Tobago

Among people born in Trinidad and Tobago, Richard Thompson ranks 41 out of 71. Before him are Brian Lara (1969), Stern John (1976), Winston Duke (1986), Kerron Clement (1985), Heather Headley (1974), and Glenroy Gilbert (1968). After him are Dennis Lawrence (1974), Marc Burns (1983), Randy Samuel (1963), Russell Latapy (1968), David Jenkins (1952), and Brent Sancho (1977).

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Among ATHLETES In Trinidad and Tobago

Among athletes born in Trinidad and Tobago, Richard Thompson ranks 6. Before him are Hasely Crawford (1950), McDonald Bailey (1920), Ato Boldon (1973), Kerron Clement (1985), and Glenroy Gilbert (1968). After him are Marc Burns (1983), David Jenkins (1952), Emmanuel Callender (1984), Keston Bledman (1988), Lalonde Gordon (1988), and Jarrin Solomon (1986).

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