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Virgilijus Alekna

1972 - Today

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Virgilijus Alekna (Lithuanian pronunciation: [vʲɪrʲˈɡʲɪlʲɪjʊs ɐlʲɛkˈnɐ]; 13 February 1972) is a Lithuanian former discus thrower and politician. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Virgilijus Alekna has received more than 251,932 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Virgilijus Alekna is the 306th most popular athlete (up from 887th in 2019), the 105th most popular biography from Lithuania (up from 153rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Lithuanian Athlete.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Virgilijus Alekna ranks 306 out of 6,025. Before him are Henry Eriksson, Mildred McDaniel, Mihaela Peneș, Lauri Virtanen, Rafer Johnson, and Helen Stephens. After him are Duje Bonačić, Netti Witziers-Timmer, Rhadi Ben Abdesselam, Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Karl Hein, and Vilho Niittymaa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Virgilijus Alekna ranks 92. Before him are Jaromír Jágr, Michael Chang, Toto Wolff, Esther Duflo, Alf-Inge Håland, and Jonny Lee Miller. After him are Amrullah Saleh, Goran Višnjić, Thandie Newton, Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Prince of Venice, Julie Benz, and Aafia Siddiqui.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Virgilijus Alekna ranks 105 out of 328. Before him are Maximilian Steinberg (1883), Alma Adamkienė (1927), Vlado Perlemuter (1904), Rimas Kurtinaitis (1960), Władysław Kozakiewicz (1953), and Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė (1963). After him are Meir Vilner (1918), Yehuda Pen (1854), Modestas Paulauskas (1945), Laurynas Gucevičius (1753), Yakov Smushkevich (1902), and Irena Veisaitė (1928).

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Among ATHLETES In Lithuania

Among athletes born in Lithuania, Virgilijus Alekna ranks 2. Before him are Władysław Kozakiewicz (1953). After him are Władysław Komar (1940), Remigijus Valiulis (1958), Hans-Georg Reimann (1941), Romas Ubartas (1960), Kęstutis Šapka (1949), Nijolė Sabaitė (1950), Galina Murašova (1955), Darius Kasparaitis (1972), Lina Kačiušytė (1963), and Robertas Žulpa (1960).

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