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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 657,787 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Roger Black is the 3,981st most popular athlete (down from 3,198th in 2019), the 7,329th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,716th in 2019) and the 134th most popular British Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 660k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 30.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Roger Black ranks 3,981 out of 6,025. Before him are Franziska Preuß, Jakub Vadlejch, Sandra Farmer-Patrick, Manuela Lutze, Yuri Alvear, and Yu Song. After him are Andrija Prlainović, Gao Feng, Peter Elliott, Darvis Patton, Hollis Conway, and Sydney McLaughlin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Roger Black ranks 867. Before him are Duff Gibson, David Daniels, Willie Anderson, Raphael Saadiq, Hiroki Shibuya, and Atsushi Shirai. After him are Brenda K. Starr, Mike Richter, Natalie Bennett, Sharon Rendle, Anne Ottenbrite, and Joe Hachem.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Roger Black ranks 7,329 out of 8,785. Before him are Jimi Mistry (1973), Patrick Bamford (1993), Thomas Turgoose (1992), Kenny Miller (1979), Charlie Bewley (1981), and Hal Robson-Kanu (1989). After him are Zac Goldsmith (1975), Owen Farrell (1991), Peter Elliott (1962), Anna Tunnicliffe (1982), Vicky McClure (1983), and Neal Skupski (1989).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Roger Black ranks 134. Before him are Mike McFarlane (1960), Andy Holmes (1959), Matthew Pinsent (1970), Steve Backley (1969), Kelly Holmes (1970), and Charlie Spedding (1952). After him are Peter Elliott (1962), Anna Tunnicliffe (1982), Todd Bennett (1962), Sharon Rendle (1966), Iwan Thomas (1974), and Alistair Brownlee (1988).

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