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Sally Gunnell

1966 - Today

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Sally Jane Janet Gunnell, OBE, DL (born 29 July 1966) is a British former track-and-field athlete, active between 1984 and 1997, who won the 1992 Olympic gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles. During a 24-month period between 1992 and 1994, Gunnell won every international event open to her, claiming Olympic Games, World Championship, European Championship, Commonwealth Games, Goodwill Games, IAAF World Cup and European Cup golds in the event, and breaking the British, European and World records in it. She is the only female British athlete to have won all four 'majors'; Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth titles, and was the first female 400 metres hurdler in history to win the Olympic and World titles and break the world record. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sally Gunnell has received more than 590,468 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Sally Gunnell is the 4,669th most popular athlete (down from 3,283rd in 2019), the 7,507th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,765th in 2019) and the 155th most popular British Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 590k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Sally Gunnell ranks 4,669 out of 6,025. Before her are Linet Masai, Bair Badënov, Ellen Hoog, Marie-Josée Ta Lou, Paola Vukojicic, and Juan Manuel Vivaldi. After her are Nicolás García, Martin Sauer, Joe Kovacs, Nurcan Taylan, Nikolay Spinyov, and Chloe Esposito.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Sally Gunnell ranks 890. Before her are Noam Elkies, Robin Fraser, Mindy Cohn, Anthony Washington, Puri Jagannadh, and Bruce Gilley. After her are Yasutaka Yoshida, Shuichi Uemura, Karl Petter Løken, Helen Morgan, Akihiko Kamikawa, and Kevin Martin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sally Gunnell ranks 7,507 out of 8,785. Before her are Stephen Warnock (1981), Abdullah bin Mutaib Al Saud (1984), Omar Abdullah (1970), Oliver Skipp (2000), Daniel Portman (1992), and Fraizer Campbell (1987). After her are Neville (1986), Nick Aldis (1986), Amelle Berrabah (1984), Nicole Cooke (1983), Joe Willock (1999), and Kemi Badenoch (1980).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Sally Gunnell ranks 155. Before her are Ben Ainslie (1977), John Regis (1966), Andrew Simpson (1976), Heather Oakes (1959), Steve Smith (1973), and Abdullah bin Mutaib Al Saud (1984). After her are Brian Jacks (1946), Derek Porter (1967), Kriss Akabusi (1958), Helen Morgan (1966), Sue Hearnshaw (1961), and Jessica Ennis-Hill (1986).

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