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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 278,896 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Vanderlei de Lima is the 740th most popular athlete (down from 682nd in 2019), the 596th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 629th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Brazilian Athlete.

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  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Vanderlei de Lima ranks 740 out of 3,059. Before him are Otto Nilsson, Charles Gondouin, Alice Coachman, Enriqueta Basilio, Gaston Amson, and Charles Mathiesen. After him are Ed Hamm, Naftali Temu, Eva Janko, Markus Rühl, Zoran Janković, and Waldemar Baszanowski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Vanderlei de Lima ranks 249. Before him are Masaharu Fukuyama, Ben Harper, Midori Ito, Noah Baumbach, Stefan Schwarz, and Billy Porter. After him are Lisa Su, Trudi Canavan, Richard Virenque, Myles Kennedy, Thomas Linke, and Georgiy Gongadze.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Vanderlei de Lima ranks 596 out of 2,067. Before him are Raymundo Damasceno Assis (1937), Beatriz Segall (1926), Luiz Vinhaes (1896), Lucas Moura (1992), Índio (1931), and Michel Bastos (1983). After him are Carlos Latuff (1968), Edu Marangon (1963), Elano (1981), Cláudio Santoro (1919), Germano Boettcher Sobrinho (1911), and Daniela Mercury (1965).

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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), Robson da Silva (1964), Robert Scheidt (1973), Maurren Maggi (1976), Emanuel Rego (1973), Ricardo Santos (1975), and Fabiana Murer (1981).

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