1966 - Today
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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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.
1991 - Present
HPI: 26.91
Rank: 3,193
1983 - Present
HPI: 26.90
Rank: 3,194
1981 - Present
HPI: 26.89
Rank: 3,195
1988 - Present
HPI: 26.89
Rank: 3,196
1986 - Present
HPI: 26.89
Rank: 3,197
1988 - Present
HPI: 26.88
Rank: 3,198
1966 - Present
HPI: 26.88
Rank: 3,199
1972 - Present
HPI: 26.87
Rank: 3,200
1997 - Present
HPI: 26.87
Rank: 3,201
1988 - Present
HPI: 26.86
Rank: 3,202
1991 - Present
HPI: 26.85
Rank: 3,203
1985 - Present
HPI: 26.85
Rank: 3,204
1983 - Present
HPI: 26.85
Rank: 3,205
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.
1966 - Present
HPI: 27.30
Rank: 743
1966 - Present
HPI: 27.24
Rank: 744
1966 - Present
HPI: 27.23
Rank: 745
1966 - Present
HPI: 27.14
Rank: 746
1966 - Present
HPI: 27.12
Rank: 747
1966 - Present
HPI: 26.97
Rank: 748
1966 - Present
HPI: 26.88
Rank: 749
1966 - Present
HPI: 26.86
Rank: 750
1966 - Present
HPI: 26.83
Rank: 751
1966 - Present
HPI: 26.70
Rank: 752
1966 - Present
HPI: 26.56
Rank: 753
1966 - Present
HPI: 26.52
Rank: 754
1966 - Present
HPI: 26.45
Rank: 755
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).
1987 - Present
HPI: 26.93
Rank: 6,727
1968 - Present
HPI: 26.90
Rank: 6,728
1993 - Present
HPI: 26.89
Rank: 6,729
1978 - Present
HPI: 26.89
Rank: 6,730
1972 - 2017
HPI: 26.89
Rank: 6,731
1967 - Present
HPI: 26.88
Rank: 6,732
1966 - Present
HPI: 26.88
Rank: 6,733
1981 - Present
HPI: 26.88
Rank: 6,734
1971 - Present
HPI: 26.88
Rank: 6,735
1957 - Present
HPI: 26.87
Rank: 6,736
1977 - Present
HPI: 26.86
Rank: 6,737
1991 - Present
HPI: 26.85
Rank: 6,738
1981 - Present
HPI: 26.84
Rank: 6,739
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).
1984 - Present
HPI: 28.48
Rank: 95
1976 - 2013
HPI: 28.43
Rank: 96
1986 - Present
HPI: 27.45
Rank: 97
1969 - Present
HPI: 27.35
Rank: 98
1977 - Present
HPI: 27.12
Rank: 99
1959 - Present
HPI: 26.95
Rank: 100
1966 - Present
HPI: 26.88
Rank: 101
1958 - Present
HPI: 26.62
Rank: 102
1967 - Present
HPI: 26.56
Rank: 103
1966 - Present
HPI: 26.32
Rank: 104
1961 - Present
HPI: 26.23
Rank: 105
1973 - Present
HPI: 25.49
Rank: 106
1990 - Present
HPI: 25.31
Rank: 107