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Tim Ahearne

1885 - 1968

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Timothy Joseph Ahearne (17 August 1885 – 12 December 1968) was an Irish track and field athlete who competed for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the 1908 Summer Olympics. Son of William Aherne, a farmer, and Margaret Aherne (née Shine), he was born in Dirreen, Athea, Limerick, and was the older brother of Dan Ahearn, the world record holder of the triple jump from 1911–1924. Ahearne won the gold medal in the triple jump at the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London, while representing Great Britain and Ireland (as Ireland was not recognised separately at the time by the International Olympic Committee). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tim Ahearne has received more than 18,368 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Tim Ahearne is the 655th most popular athlete (up from 800th in 2019), the 214th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 251st in 2019) and the 5th most popular Irish Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Tim Ahearne has had the most page views in the with 1,804 views, followed by Dutch (721), and Chinese (653). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (68.18%), Portuguese (58.14%), and Chinese (39.53%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Tim Ahearne ranks 655 out of 6,025. Before him are Maurice Greene, Anni Steuer, Ottavio Missoni, Jean Cau, Bruno Junk, and Gunnar Lindström. After him are Amos Biwott, Akilles Järvinen, Charles Blondin, Carlo Pavesi, Charles Greene, and Durward Knowles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Tim Ahearne ranks 195. Before him are Fernand de Montigny, István Somodi, Marcello Bertinetti, María Grever, Anita Rée, and Carl Silfverstrand. After him are Boris Vilkitsky, Per Thorén, Américo Castro, Enrico Porro, José Durand Laguna, and Leonida Tonelli. Among people deceased in 1968, Tim Ahearne ranks 193. Before him are Dorothy Holman, Wendell Corey, Antonio Pesenti, Luigi Cevenini, Willy Jäggi, and Francis Biddle. After him are Branislav Sekulić, Jeanne Demessieux, Cai Chusheng, Martin Frič, Sid Kimpton, and Martin Noth.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Tim Ahearne ranks 214 out of 549. Before him are Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (1833), Hugh O'Flaherty (1898), Larry Mullen Jr. (1961), Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (1911), Patrick Leahy (1877), and George Moore (1852). After him are J. B. Bury (1861), William Thompson (1775), James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665), Joe Kelly (1913), Oliver Plunkett (1625), and Willoughby Hamilton (1864).

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Among ATHLETES In Ireland

Among athletes born in Ireland, Tim Ahearne ranks 5. Before him are John Flanagan (1873), Pat McDonald (1878), Patrick Ryan (1881), and Patrick Leahy (1877). After him are Martin Sheridan (1881), William Carr (1876), Matt McGrath (1875), Tom Kiely (1869), Edward Barrett (1877), Pat O'Callaghan (1906), and James Mitchel (1864).

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