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Tegla Loroupe

1973 - Today

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Tegla Chepkite Loroupe (born 9 December 1979) is a Kenyan long-distance track and road runner. She is also a global spokeswoman for peace, women's rights and education. Loroupe holds the world records for 25 and 30 kilometers and previously held the world marathon record. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tegla Loroupe has received more than 118,212 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Tegla Loroupe is the 3,049th most popular athlete (down from 1,944th in 2019), the 74th most popular biography from Kenya (down from 47th in 2019) and the 48th most popular Kenyan Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Tegla Loroupes by language

Over the past year Tegla Loroupe has had the most page views in the with 13,170 views, followed by German (1,608), and Japanese (1,568). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Igbo (148.84%), Catalan (94.47%), and Persian (68.69%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Tegla Loroupe ranks 3,049 out of 6,025Before her are Djabir Saïd-Guerni, Olga Zaitseva, Kirani James, Mariya Abakumova, Maxie Parks, and Ilya Markov. After her are Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Patrick Makau Musyoki, Walter D'Hondt, Jang Mi-ran, Dorothee Schneider, and Hugues Fabrice Zango.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Tegla Loroupe ranks 701Before her are Joachim Yaw, Greg Rusedski, David Berman, Kasia Kowalska, Emily Atef, and Zhang Enhua. After her are Kiran Rao, Christian Bassedas, Nikos Dabizas, René Schneider, Rachel Maddow, and Scott Stapp.

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In Kenya

Among people born in Kenya, Tegla Loroupe ranks 74 out of 150Before her are Moses Tanui (1965), Patrick Sang (1964), Alfred Kirwa Yego (1986), Paul Ereng (1966), Victor Wanyama (1991), and Edna Kiplagat (1979). After her are Patrick Makau Musyoki (1985), Ezekiel Kemboi (1982), Richard Chelimo (1972), Wilfred Bungei (1980), Stella Mwangi (1986), and Joyce Chepchumba (1970).

Among ATHLETES In Kenya

Among athletes born in Kenya, Tegla Loroupe ranks 48Before her are Vivian Cheruiyot (1983), Moses Tanui (1965), Patrick Sang (1964), Alfred Kirwa Yego (1986), Paul Ereng (1966), and Edna Kiplagat (1979). After her are Patrick Makau Musyoki (1985), Ezekiel Kemboi (1982), Richard Chelimo (1972), Wilfred Bungei (1980), Joyce Chepchumba (1970), and Matthew Birir (1972).