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Sonia O'Sullivan

1969 - Today

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Sonia O'Sullivan (born 28 November 1969) is an Irish former track and field athlete. She won a gold medal in the 5000 metres at the 1995 World Championships, and a silver medal in the 5000 metres at the 2000 Olympic Games. Her 2000 m world record of 5:25.36, set in 1994 stood until 2017.O'Sullivan first came to prominence when winning the 1500 m at the 1991 Universiade, before going on to finish fourth in the 3000 m final at the 1992 Olympic Games. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sonia O'Sullivan has received more than 472,238 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Sonia O'Sullivan is the 3,855th most popular athlete (down from 2,967th in 2019), the 461st most popular biography from Ireland (down from 434th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Irish Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 470k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 30.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Sonia O'Sullivans by language

Over the past year Sonia O'Sullivan has had the most page views in the with 74,001 views, followed by German (1,571), and French (1,501). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Finnish (142.32%), Arabic (97.82%), and Czech (68.65%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Sonia O'Sullivan ranks 3,855 out of 6,025. Before her are Olesya Zykina, Geoffrey Kamworor, Kuo Hsing-chun, Aleksandar Ćirić, Kim Turner, and Xabier Fernández. After her are Melissa Morrison-Howard, Dorjpalamyn Narmandakh, Inga Abitova, Mike Rodgers, Émilien Jacquelin, and Uta Rohländer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Sonia O'Sullivan ranks 976. Before her are Sheila Taormina, Adrian Carmack, Andrew Breitbart, Takuma Koga, Christian Moser, and Takayoshi Amma. After her are Sadhana Sargam, Uta Rohländer, Yuji Okuma, Tadateru Omoto, Carlos Llamosa, and Yasuhiro Yoshida.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Sonia O'Sullivan ranks 461 out of 549. Before her are Samantha Mumba (1983), Patrick McCabe (1955), Eamonn Coghlan (1952), Brian O'Driscoll (1979), Daniel O'Donnell (1961), and Troy Parrott (2002). After her are Ian Harte (1977), Anthony Stokes (1988), Aisling Franciosi (1993), Gavin Bazunu (2002), Stephen Ireland (1986), and Shane Long (1987).

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Among ATHLETES In Ireland

Among athletes born in Ireland, Sonia O'Sullivan ranks 16. Before her are Edward Barrett (1877), Pat O'Callaghan (1906), James Mitchel (1864), Con Leahy (1876), Ron Delany (1935), and Eamonn Coghlan (1952). After her are Michael Carruth (1967), Robert Heffernan (1978), Olive Loughnane (1976), Derval O'Rourke (1981), Paul O'Donovan (1994), and Fintan McCarthy (1996).

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