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Virginia Thrasher

1997 - Today

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Virginia "Ginny" Thrasher (born February 28, 1997) is an American sports shooter who won a gold medal in the women's 10 meter air rifle at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She won the first gold medal awarded at the 2016 Olympics. Thrasher's gold medal came during the first time she had competed in the Olympics, beating two Chinese athletes, previous Olympic gold medalists Du Li and Yi Siling. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Virginia Thrasher has received more than 172,200 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 26 in 2019). Virginia Thrasher is the 4,428th most popular athlete (down from 2,996th in 2019), the 18,035th most popular biography from United States (down from 15,818th in 2019) and the 616th most popular American Athlete.

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  • 170k

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  • 15.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Virginia Thrasher ranks 4,428 out of 3,059Before her are Liu Huixia, Malcolm Howard, Christian Malcolm, Sophie Hitchon, Rusheen McDonald, and Caryn Davies. After her are Helen Glover, Tom Ransley, Moe Sbihi, Elise Rechichi, Ashley Moloney, and Martyn Rooney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1997, Virginia Thrasher ranks 605Before her are Tokuma Suzuki, Darsheel Safary, Liu Huixia, Taiki Hirato, Justin Toshiki Kinjo, and Greg Taylor. After her are Masashi Wada, Chinwendu Ihezuo, Koki Sugimori, Kazune Kubota, Josh Onomah, and Sébastien Vigier.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Virginia Thrasher ranks 18,035 out of 18,182Before her are Adreian Payne (1991), Robert S. McMillan (2000), Maya DiRado (1993), Caryn Davies (1982), Chris Pontius (1987), and Greg Garza (1991). After her are Kasey Kahne (1980), Lucas Glover (1979), Scotty McCreery (1993), Sachia Vickery (1995), Olivia Hack (1983), and Adrianna Franch (1990).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Virginia Thrasher ranks 616Before her are Courtney Okolo (1994), Gabrielle Thomas (1996), Francena McCorory (1988), Michael Cherry (1995), Kami Craig (1987), and Caryn Davies (1982). After her are Joss Christensen (1991), Raven Saunders (1996), Jenna Prandini (1992), Amber English (1989), Michael Tinsley (1984), and Arman Hall (1994).