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Rosa Mota

1958 - Today

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Rosa Maria Correia dos Santos Mota, GCIH, GCM (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʁɔzɐ ˈmɔtɐ]; born 29 June 1958) is a Portuguese former marathon runner, one of her country's foremost athletes, being the first sportswoman from Portugal to win Olympic gold. Mota was the first woman to win multiple Olympic marathon medals as well as being the only woman to be the reigning European, World, and Olympic champion at the same time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rosa Mota has received more than 127,330 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Rosa Mota is the 349th most popular athlete (down from 329th in 2019), the 287th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 263rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Portuguese Athlete.

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  • 130k

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  • 47.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Rosa Mota ranks 349 out of 3,059Before her are Georgios Papasideris, Georgios Orphanidis, Jānis Daliņš, Eddie Tolan, Blanka Vlašić, and Berit Mørdre. After her are Étienne Gailly, Roald Larsen, Tyson Gay, Linford Christie, Vera Nikolić, and Herma Bauma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Rosa Mota ranks 173Before her are Giovanni Galli, Yan Lianke, Mágico González, Jeannie Longo, Yuriy Boyko, and Tamara Bykova. After her are Jack Coleman, David Sylvian, Christiane Amanpour, Yu Rongguang, Margaret Colin, and Nik Kershaw.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Rosa Mota ranks 287 out of 555Before her are Vítor Pereira (1968), Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro (1857), Dulce Pontes (1969), Diogo Lopes de Sequeira (1465), António Manoel de Vilhena (1663), and António Ribeiro (1928). After her are Tiago Mendes (1981), José Augusto (1937), Simone de Oliveira (1938), António Marto (1947), Pedro Santana Lopes (1956), and Luís de Freitas Branco (1890).

Among ATHLETES In Portugal

Among athletes born in Portugal, Rosa Mota ranks 2Before her are Francisco Lázaro (1891). After her are Mário de Noronha (1885), Fernanda Ribeiro (1969), António Leitão (1960), Manuela Machado (1963), Patrícia Mamona (1988), Carla Sacramento (1971), Rui Silva (1977), João Vieira (1976), Telma Monteiro (1985), and Inês Henriques (1980).