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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 145,436 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Rosa Mota is the 209th most popular athlete (up from 349th in 2019), the 252nd most popular biography from Portugal (up from 286th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Portuguese Athlete.

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  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Rosa Mota ranks 209 out of 6,025. Before her are Joseph Guillemot, Imre Földi, Oscar Swahn, Marlene Ahrens, Gyula Kellner, and Alain Mimoun. After her are Edgar Aabye, Adhemar da Silva, Harold Abrahams, Harry Hillman, Eliud Kipchoge, and Helge Løvland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Rosa Mota ranks 127. Before her are Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Nancy Spungen, Belinda Carlisle, Jennifer Tilly, Alain Chabat, and Li Shangfu. After her are Cindy Kiro, Najla Bouden, Stephen Hopkins, Linda Fiorentino, Alessandro Baricco, and Gennady Padalka.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Rosa Mota ranks 252 out of 633. Before her are Vasco de Almeida e Costa (1932), John of Biclaro (540), Carlos do Carmo (1939), Maria de Medeiros (1965), Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia (1415), and Amadeo de Souza Cardoso (1887). After her are José Policarpo (1936), Pedro da Fonseca (1528), Duarte Barbosa (1480), José Peseiro (1960), João Félix (1999), and Fernão de Loronha (1470).

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Among ATHLETES In Portugal

Among athletes born in Portugal, Rosa Mota ranks 2. Before her are Francisco Lázaro (1891). After her are Afonso Costa (1871), Walther Katzenstein (1878), Mário de Noronha (1885), Jonathan Jones (null), António Leitão (1960), Fernanda Ribeiro (1969), Rui Silva (1977), Manuela Machado (1963), Carla Sacramento (1971), and Vanessa Fernandes (1985).

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