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Wendy Houvenaghel

1974 - Today

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Wendy Louise Houvenaghel (née McLean; born 27 November 1974) is a Northern Irish former racing cyclist from Upperlands, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, riding on both the road and track, but specialising in the latter. She has represented Great Britain in various World Cycling Championships and in the 2008 Olympic Games, most notably winning the silver medal at the Beijing Olympic Games, and gold in the team pursuit at the 2008, 2009 and 2011 Track World Championships. She has also won many British national titles and represented England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and Northern Ireland at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wendy Houvenaghel has received more than 46,257 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Wendy Houvenaghel is the 1,486th most popular cyclist (down from 1,323rd in 2019), the 7,943rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,163rd in 2019) and the 56th most popular British Cyclist.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Wendy Houvenaghel ranks 1,486 out of 1,613. Before her are Julius Johansen, Soraya Paladin, Eduard-Michael Grosu, Aleksandr Riabushenko, Francesco Failli, and Michaël D'Almeida. After her are Benoît Vaugrenard, Enrique Sanz, Peter Kennaugh, Nathan Haas, Alessandro Covi, and Antonio Piedra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Wendy Houvenaghel ranks 1,122. Before her are Shingi Ono, AR Murugadoss, Kenji Wakai, Trick Daddy, Satoshi Mashimo, and Takahiro Okubo. After her are Hezekiél Sepeng, Koji Yoshinari, Deborah Cox, Shwetha Menon, Tricky Stewart, and Jeremy Hunt.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Wendy Houvenaghel ranks 7,943 out of 8,785. Before her are Michael Mancienne (1988), Andy O'Brien (1979), Tom Ince (1992), Phil Bardsley (1985), Matt Cardle (1983), and Barry Robson (1978). After her are Ben Maher (1983), Carlo Nash (1973), Zat Knight (1980), Jake Livermore (1989), Simon Francis (1985), and Rachel Daly (1991).

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Among CYCLISTS In United Kingdom

Among cyclists born in United Kingdom, Wendy Houvenaghel ranks 56. Before her are Jason Kenny (1988), Chris Newton (1973), Jack Carlin (1997), Lizzie Deignan (1988), Dani Rowe (1990), and Ben Healy (2000). After her are Rob Hayles (1973), Ethan Vernon (2000), Ryan Owens (1995), Victoria Pendleton (1980), Craig MacLean (1971), and Ross Edgar (1983).

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