1959 - Today
Saïd Aouita (Arabic: سعيد عويطة; born November 2, 1959) is a former Moroccan track and field athlete. He is the only athlete in history to have won a medal in each of the 800 meters and 5000 meters at the Olympic games. He won the 5000 meters at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1987 World Championships in Athletics, as well as the 3000 meters at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saïd Aouita has received more than 193,272 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Saïd Aouita is the 98th most popular athlete (up from 118th in 2019), the 53rd most popular biography from Morocco (down from 51st in 2019) and the most popular Moroccan Athlete.
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Among athletes, Saïd Aouita ranks 98 out of 3,059. Before him are Fritz Hofmann, Stefka Kostadinova, Gaston Reiff, Vladimír Dzurilla, Aleksander Klumberg, and Pyotr Bolotnikov. After him are Keto Losaberidze, John Paine, Leonid Bartenyev, Albin Stenroos, Oscar Swahn, and Robert Hichens.
1871 - 1927
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 92
1965 - Present
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 93
1921 - 1992
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 94
1942 - 1995
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 95
1899 - 1958
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 96
1930 - 2013
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 97
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 98
1949 - 2022
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 99
1870 - 1951
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 100
1933 - 2021
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 101
1889 - 1971
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 102
1847 - 1927
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 103
1882 - 1940
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 104
Among people born in 1959, Saïd Aouita ranks 91. Before him are Alan Wilder, Laura Chinchilla, Nimr al-Nimr, Filipe Nyusi, Luis Fernández, and Robert Smith. After him are Rebecca De Mornay, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Suzanne Vega, Jason Alexander, Saul Perlmutter, and Xiomara Castro.
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 85
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 86
1959 - 2016
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 87
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 88
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 89
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 90
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 91
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 92
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 93
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 94
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 95
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 96
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 97
Among people born in Morocco, Saïd Aouita ranks 53 out of 198. Before him are Abbas El Fassi (1940), Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman (1297), Yusuf II, Almohad caliph (1197), Amir Peretz (1952), Ahmed Aboutaleb (1961), and Saadeddine Othmani (1956). After him are Baba Sali (1889), Macha Méril (1940), Slimane of Morocco (1766), Abdelilah Benkirane (1954), Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd al-Haqq (1212), and Abderrahmane Youssoufi (1924).
1940 - Present
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 47
1297 - 1351
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 48
1197 - 1224
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 49
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 50
1961 - Present
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 51
1956 - Present
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 52
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 53
1889 - 1984
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 54
1940 - Present
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 55
1766 - 1822
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 56
1954 - Present
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 57
1212 - 1286
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 58
1924 - 2020
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 59
Among athletes born in Morocco, Saïd Aouita ranks 1. After him are Rhadi Ben Abdesselam (1929), Hicham El Guerrouj (1974), Nawal El Moutawakel (1962), Brahim Boutayeb (1967), Nezha Bidouane (1969), Jaouad Gharib (1972), Salah Hissou (1972), Khalid Boulami (1969), Mohammed Mourhit (1970), Hasna Benhassi (1978), and Rashid Ramzi (1980).
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 1
1929 - 2000
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 2
1974 - Present
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 3
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 4
1967 - Present
HPI: 40.90
Rank: 5
1969 - Present
HPI: 40.34
Rank: 6
1972 - Present
HPI: 38.27
Rank: 7
1972 - Present
HPI: 35.62
Rank: 8
1969 - Present
HPI: 34.80
Rank: 9
1970 - Present
HPI: 34.74
Rank: 10
1978 - Present
HPI: 34.48
Rank: 11
1980 - Present
HPI: 34.25
Rank: 12