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Valerie Brisco-Hooks

1960 - Today

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Valerie Brisco-Hooks (born Valerie Ann Brisco; July 6, 1960, in Greenwood, Mississippi) is an Olympian who won three gold medals as an Olympic track and field athlete at the 1984 Olympics at Los Angeles, California, making her the first Olympian to win gold medals in both the 200- and 400-meter races at a single Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Valerie Brisco-Hooks has received more than 148,306 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Valerie Brisco-Hooks is the 1,593rd most popular athlete (up from 1,684th in 2019), the 9,858th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,690th in 2019) and the 275th most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Valerie Brisco-Hooks ranks 1,593 out of 6,025. Before her are Heinz Ulzheimer, Charles Marion, Jean Boiteux, Mo Farah, Mikhail Zhelev, and Robert Korzeniowski. After her are Mia Gommers, Bo Ekelund, Harry Steevens, David Smith, Charles Hefferon, and Darya Domracheva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Valerie Brisco-Hooks ranks 406. Before her are Oleksandr Sydorenko, Perrine Pelen, Mikhail Kornienko, Paolo Pezzi, Elmar Mammadyarov, and Dmitry Kharatyan. After her are Neal Morse, Kerry Von Erich, Melora Walters, Pascal Fabre, Jan Jönsson, and Shelly Yachimovich.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Valerie Brisco-Hooks ranks 9,858 out of 20,380. Before her are Betsy Russell (1963), Jonathan Gilbert (1967), Dianne Reeves (1956), Charles Hartshorne (1897), Lezley Zen (1974), and Eric Christian Olsen (1977). After her are Nella Larsen (1891), Richard Rush (1780), Pamela Bellwood (1951), Harvey Kurtzman (1924), Neal Morse (1960), and Anna J. Cooper (1858).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Valerie Brisco-Hooks ranks 275. Before her are Roger Kingdom (1962), Georgia Coleman (1912), Jerome Biffle (1928), Frederick Sheffield (1902), Dorothy Poynton-Hill (1915), and Carl Kaufmann (1936). After her are Marjorie Gestring (1922), Butch Reynolds (1964), William Dickey (1874), Frank Waller (1884), Lou Jones (1932), and William Fields (1929).

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