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Velimir Valenta

1929 - 2004

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Velimir Valenta (21 April 1929 – 27 November 2004) was a Yugoslav/Croatian rower who won a gold medal in the coxless four event at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Velimir Valenta has received more than 15,113 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Velimir Valenta is the 1,301st most popular athlete (up from 1,553rd in 2019), the 355th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 320th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Croatian Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Velimir Valenta ranks 1,301 out of 6,025. Before him are Cathy Freeman, Ernst Larsen, Ingemar Johansson, Károly Wieland, John Hansen, and Boris Melnikov. After him are Georges Johin, Bohumil Kudrna, Ion Panțuru, Petar Šegvić, Kaarlo Maaninka, and Hugo Strauß.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Velimir Valenta ranks 460. Before him are Marianna Nagy, Michael D. Coe, Pedro Nájera, Dick Clark, Jerzy Antczak, and Lucille Teasdale-Corti. After him are Walter Schleger, Aulis Rytkönen, Yozhef Betsa, Barry Harris, György Gurics, and Ralph McQuarrie. Among people deceased in 2004, Velimir Valenta ranks 275. Before him are Alexey Korneyev, Iris Chang, Heinrich Mark, Frances Dee, Emlyn Hughes, and Lennart Strand. After him are Ugo Ferrante, Tesfaye Gebre Kidan, Mehmood, Helmut Rix, Rodger Ward, and Robert Pastorelli.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Velimir Valenta ranks 355 out of 700. Before him are Zoran Primorac (1969), Tony Cetinski (1969), Maksim Mrvica (1975), Danijel Ljuboja (1978), Stjepan Deverić (1961), and Danijel Pranjić (1981). After him are Petar Šegvić (1930), Alen Halilović (1996), Mihovil Nakić (1955), Korado Korlević (1958), Oja Kodar (1941), and Joško Gvardiol (2002).

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Among ATHLETES In Croatia

Among athletes born in Croatia, Velimir Valenta ranks 13. Before him are Ottavio Missoni (1921), Ivo Trumbić (1935), Mate Trojanović (1930), Abdon Pamich (1933), Luciano Sušanj (1948), and Ronald Lopatni (1944). After him are Petar Šegvić (1930), Sandra Perković (1990), Jakov Fak (1987), Karlo Stipanić (1941), Miroslav Poljak (1944), and Ozren Bonačić (1942).

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