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Roger Black

1966 - Today

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Roger Anthony Black MBE (born 31 March 1966) is an English former athlete who competed internationally for Great Britain and England. During his athletics career, he won individual silver medals in the 400 metres sprint at both the Olympic Games and World Championships, two individual gold medals at the European Championships, and 4 × 400 metres relay gold medals at both the World and European Championships. Since retiring from athletics, he has worked as a television presenter and motivational speaker. In 2008, Black joined forces with fellow athlete Steve Backley and founded BackleyBlack LLP. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roger Black has received more than 593,369 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Roger Black is the 3,199th most popular athlete (down from 1,867th in 2019), the 6,733rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,848th in 2019) and the 101st most popular British Athlete.

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  • 590k

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  • 26.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Roger Black ranks 3,199 out of 3,059. Before him are Zhou Yang, Liu Chunhong, Wang Lei, Yusuke Suzuki, Qin Kai, and Marie-Laure Brunet. After him are Stephan Vuckovic, Noah Lyles, Marit Bouwmeester, Ilya Zakharov, Verena Sailer, and Sileshi Sihine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Roger Black ranks 749. Before him are Kevin Gallacher, Eiji Hirata, Marcos Antonio Menezes Godoi, Anita Nair, Karl Petter Løken, and Christine Blasey Ford. After him are Noam Elkies, Chris Abani, Brenda K. Starr, Shuichi Uemura, Yasutaka Yoshida, and Tadashi Sasaki.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Roger Black ranks 6,733 out of 7,765. Before him are Joe Ledley (1987), Darren Clarke (1968), Jamaal Lascelles (1993), Jason Roberts (1978), Ugo Ehiogu (1972), and Lauren Booth (1967). After him are Gareth David-Lloyd (1981), Ian Walker (1971), Mal Donaghy (1957), Sam Bailey (1977), Jack Rodwell (1991), and Leon Osman (1981).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Roger Black ranks 101. Before him are Abdullah bin Mutaib Al Saud (1984), Andrew Simpson (1976), Jessica Ennis-Hill (1986), Steve Backley (1969), Ben Ainslie (1977), and Heather Oakes (1959). After him are Kriss Akabusi (1958), Carl Hester (1967), Sally Gunnell (1966), Fatima Whitbread (1961), Steve Smith (1973), and Jonny Brownlee (1990).

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