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Valerie Adams

1984 - Today

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Dame Valerie Kasanita Adams (formerly Vili; born 6 October 1984) is a retired New Zealand shot putter. She is a four-time World champion, four-time World Indoor champion, two-time Olympic, three-time Commonwealth Games champion and twice IAAF Continental Cup winner. She has a personal best throw of 21.24 metres (69.7 ft) outdoors and 20.98 metres (68.8 ft) indoors. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Valerie Adams has received more than 1,266,079 page views. Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Valerie Adams is the 3,015th most popular athlete (down from 2,056th in 2019), the 160th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 135th in 2019) and the 19th most popular New Zealander Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Valerie Adams by language

Over the past year Valerie Adams has had the most page views in the with 92,322 views, followed by French (6,937), and German (5,291). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Belarusian (120.74%), Catalan (114.14%), and Serbian (66.67%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Valerie Adams ranks 3,015 out of 6,025Before her are Artur Ayvazyan, Tereza Marinova, Kenth Eldebrink, Sui Xinmei, Edna Kiplagat, and Long Qingquan. After her are Anastasiya Kapachinskaya, Pavol Hochschorner, Lucyna Langer, Jordi Sans, Inna Lasovskaya, and Stefano Tempesti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Valerie Adams ranks 472Before her are Gabriel Enrique Gómez, Esperanza Spalding, Simone Padoin, Katharine McPhee, Chris Lowell, and Galina Voskoboeva. After her are Mimicat, Nayanthara, György Garics, Yael Grobglas, Xavier Margairaz, and Łukasz Szukała.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Valerie Adams ranks 160 out of 303Before her are Jay Ryan (1981), Nick Willis (1983), Mark Paston (1976), Sonny Bill Williams (1985), Gina Bellman (1966), and Tony Shelly (1937). After her are Sarah McLeod (1971), Rhys Darby (1974), Chris Wood (1991), Beauden Barrett (1991), Simon Elliott (1974), and Greg Henderson (1976).

Among ATHLETES In New Zealand

Among athletes born in New Zealand, Valerie Adams ranks 19Before her are Warren Cole (1940), Harry Kerr (1879), Joe Earl (1952), Mark Todd (1956), Neroli Fairhall (1944), and Nick Willis (1983). After her are Bevan Docherty (1977), Grant Bramwell (1961), Lorraine Moller (1955), Eric Verdonk (1959), Laurel Hubbard (1978), and Barbara Kendall (1967).