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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 171,695 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Virginia Thrasher is the 5,860th most popular athlete (down from 4,426th in 2019), the 20,102nd most popular biography from United States (down from 17,981st in 2019) and the 771st most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 18.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Virginia Thrashers by language

Over the past year Virginia Thrasher has had the most page views in the with 5,741 views, followed by Chinese (855), and Hungarian (541). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hungarian (81.54%), Asturian (49.75%), and Serbian (31.42%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Virginia Thrasher ranks 5,860 out of 6,025. Before her are Wang Zhouyu, Chijindu Ujah, Liao Qiuyun, Scotty James, Bombayla Devi Laishram, and Oludamola Osayomi. After her are Jocelyn Rae, Pierre Houin, Maggie Steffens, Cameron Girdlestone, Katie Greves, and Jenna Prandini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1997, Virginia Thrasher ranks 817. Before her are Izzy Brown, Chinwendu Ihezuo, Yuki Kawata, Jake Clarke-Salter, Takumi Kamijima, and Freddie Woodman. After her are Satoki Uejo, Nutsa Buzaladze, Josh Onomah, Takahiro Yanagi, Hu Jinqiu, and Jeando Fuchs.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Virginia Thrasher ranks 20,102 out of 20,380. Before her are Natasha Kai (1983), Allie Long (1987), Solomon Hill (1991), Amanda Weir (1986), Meghan Klingenberg (1988), and Sarah McBride (1990). After her are Danica Roem (1984), Luke Babbitt (1989), Madison Hu (2002), Ian Boswell (1991), Joey Graceffa (1991), and Karen Chen (1999).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Virginia Thrasher ranks 771. Before her are Troy Dumais (1980), Curtis Tomasevicz (1980), Jaelin Kauf (1996), Tiffany Porter (1987), Kaitlyn Farrington (1989), and Donavan Brazier (1997). After her are Maggie Steffens (1993), Jenna Prandini (1992), Emily Regan (1988), Kara Goucher (1978), Jessica Steffens (1987), and Jessica Beard (1989).

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