ATHLETE

Wang Yihan

1988 - Today

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Wang Yihan (born 18 January 1988) is a retired Chinese professional badminton player and former women's singles world champion and Olympic silver medalist. Wang started her career with her coach Wang Pengren at only nine years of age. She was selected for the junior team in 2004, and after being promoted to the senior team in 2006, she began to shine in major tournaments. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wang Yihan has received more than 402,494 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Wang Yihan is the 4,338th most popular athlete (down from 3,298th in 2019), the 1,377th most popular biography from China (down from 1,220th in 2019) and the 61st most popular Chinese Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 28.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Wang Yihans by language

Over the past year Wang Yihan has had the most page views in the with 25,701 views, followed by Chinese (12,919), and Indonesian (2,942). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (128.57%), Uzbek (104.21%), and Persian (60.97%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Wang Yihan ranks 4,338 out of 6,025. Before her are Yuliya Tabakova, Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, Yelena Soboleva, Kriss Akabusi, Ferguson Rotich, and Tim Harden. After her are Margaret Wambui, Mads Andersen, Andraž Vehovar, Sally Pearson, Davide Malacarne, and Kaori Takahashi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Wang Yihan ranks 956. Before her are Stefan Mitrović, Stefanos Athanasiadis, Zhang Hong, Winner Anacona, Jahmir Hyka, and Leon Balogun. After her are Elderson Echiéjilé, Everton Luiz, Ambyr Childers, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Jess Wade, and Wang Jiao.

Others Born in 1988

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In China

Among people born in China, Wang Yihan ranks 1,377 out of 1,610. Before her are Xu Yunli (1987), Deng Linlin (1992), Liao Hui (1987), Zeng Cheng (1987), Hui Ruoqi (1991), and Zhang Hong (1988). After her are Wang Jiao (1988), Shanshan Feng (1989), Feng Tianwei (1986), Liu Yuxiang (1975), Zhang Anda (1991), and Liu Chunhong (1983).

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  • Photo of Xu Yunli

    Xu Yunli

    VOLLEYBALL PLAYER

    1987 - Present

    HPI: 28.78

    Rank: 1,371

  • Photo of Deng Linlin

    Deng Linlin

    GYMNAST

    1992 - Present

    HPI: 28.68

    Rank: 1,372

  • Photo of Liao Hui

    Liao Hui

    ATHLETE

    1987 - Present

    HPI: 28.65

    Rank: 1,373

  • Photo of Zeng Cheng

    Zeng Cheng

    SOCCER PLAYER

    1987 - Present

    HPI: 28.64

    Rank: 1,374

  • Photo of Hui Ruoqi

    Hui Ruoqi

    VOLLEYBALL PLAYER

    1991 - Present

    HPI: 28.60

    Rank: 1,375

  • Photo of Zhang Hong

    Zhang Hong

    SKATER

    1988 - Present

    HPI: 28.59

    Rank: 1,376

  • Photo of Wang Yihan

    Wang Yihan

    ATHLETE

    1988 - Present

    HPI: 28.57

    Rank: 1,377

  • Photo of Wang Jiao

    Wang Jiao

    WRESTLER

    1988 - Present

    HPI: 28.46

    Rank: 1,378

  • Photo of Shanshan Feng

    Shanshan Feng

    GOLFER

    1989 - Present

    HPI: 28.44

    Rank: 1,379

  • Photo of Feng Tianwei

    Feng Tianwei

    TABLE TENNIS PLAYER

    1986 - Present

    HPI: 28.42

    Rank: 1,380

  • Photo of Liu Yuxiang

    Liu Yuxiang

    ATHLETE

    1975 - Present

    HPI: 28.38

    Rank: 1,381

  • Photo of Zhang Anda

    Zhang Anda

    SNOOKER

    1991 - Present

    HPI: 28.33

    Rank: 1,382

  • Photo of Liu Chunhong

    Liu Chunhong

    ATHLETE

    1983 - Present

    HPI: 28.23

    Rank: 1,383

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Among ATHLETES In China

Among athletes born in China, Wang Yihan ranks 61. Before her are Wang Mingjuan (1985), Pang Wei (1986), He Zi (1990), Chen Ruolin (1992), Ko Lai Chak (1976), and Liao Hui (1987). After her are Liu Yuxiang (1975), Liu Chunhong (1983), Zhou Yang (1991), Xue Haifeng (1980), Wang Lei (1981), and Gao Tingyu (1997).

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