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Vanderlei de Lima

1969 - Today

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Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima (born 4 July 1969) is a Brazilian retired long-distance runner. He was born in Cruzeiro do Oeste, Paraná. While leading the marathon after 35 km at the 2004 Summer Olympics, he was attacked on the course by Irish former priest Cornelius "Neil" Horan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vanderlei de Lima has received more than 274,427 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Vanderlei de Lima is the 932nd most popular athlete (down from 740th in 2019), the 663rd most popular biography from Brazil (down from 594th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Brazilian Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Vanderlei de Limas by language

Over the past year Vanderlei de Lima has had the most page views in the with 40,902 views, followed by English (39,357), and Spanish (10,155). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ido (95.48%), Indonesian (72.51%), and French (69.41%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Vanderlei de Lima ranks 932 out of 6,025. Before him are Alfred Swahn, Kazım Ayvaz, Paul Castanet, Nils Skoglund, Babben Enger-Damon, and Giorgio Bocchino. After him are Giuseppe Galante, Martin Lauer, Rune Larsson, Giovanni Invernizzi, Rupert Hollaus, and Tatyana Prorochenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Vanderlei de Lima ranks 259. Before him are Heinz-Christian Strache, Trey Parker, Juan Carlos Villamayor, Yoo Jun-sang, Trudi Canavan, and Alexis Arquette. After him are Assala Nasri, Richard Virenque, Melinda Clarke, Ever Palacios, Wyclef Jean, and Lukas Moodysson.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Vanderlei de Lima ranks 663 out of 2,236. Before him are Raymundo Damasceno Assis (1937), Batista (1955), Ricardinho (1976), Marco Antônio da Silva (1966), Algisto Lorenzato (1910), and Falcão (1977). After him are Richarlison (1997), Paulo Henrique Ganso (1989), Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (1976), Paulo Emilio (1936), Beatriz Segall (1926), and André Cruz (1968).

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Among ATHLETES In Brazil

Among athletes born in Brazil, Vanderlei de Lima ranks 3. Before him are Adhemar da Silva (1927), and Nelson Prudêncio (1944). After him are João Carlos de Oliveira (1954), Joaquim Cruz (1963), Torben Grael (1960), Glover Teixeira (1979), Robson da Silva (1964), Robert Scheidt (1973), Renzo Gracie (1967), Maurren Maggi (1976), and Ricardo Santos (1975).

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