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Wilson Kipketer

1972 - Today

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Wilson Kosgei Kipketer (born 12 December 1972) is a Danish former middle distance runner. He is the second fastest of all time over 800 meters, setting the world record and breaking his own record two more times all in 1997. He dominated the 800 m distance for a decade, remaining undefeated for a three-year period and running 8 of the 17 currently all-time fastest times. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilson Kipketer has received more than 217,872 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Wilson Kipketer is the 516th most popular athlete (up from 1,031st in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Kenya (up from 24th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Kenyan Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 48.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Wilson Kipketers by language

Over the past year Wilson Kipketer has had the most page views in the with 24,523 views, followed by Danish (14,757), and French (3,677). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Danish (103.97%), Korean (65.70%), and Norwegian (Nynorsk) (62.07%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Wilson Kipketer ranks 516 out of 6,025Before him are Ilona Slupianek, Carl Bertilsson, Iván Pedroso, Vyacheslav Ivanov, John Mikaelsson, and Charles Winckler. After him are Ernst Schultz, Ursula Happe, Louis Glineur, Morris Kirksey, Percy Hodge, and Manlio Di Rosa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Wilson Kipketer ranks 147Before him are Mykhailo Podolyak, Victor Ponta, Lhasa de Sela, Paul Gray, Iván Pedroso, and Viorel Moldovan. After him are Giovanni Silva de Oliveira, Jenny Berggren, Kim Joo-hyuk, Sarah Rafferty, Mili Avital, and Henrique Capriles.

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In Kenya

Among people born in Kenya, Wilson Kipketer ranks 20 out of 150Before him are Uhuru Kenyatta (1961), Philippa Gregory (1954), William Ruto (1966), Edi Gathegi (1979), Chris Froome (1985), and Zena Marshall (1926). After him are Naftali Temu (1945), Raila Odinga (1945), Amos Biwott (1947), John Njue (1944), Charles Asati (1946), and Philip Waruinge (1945).

Among ATHLETES In Kenya

Among athletes born in Kenya, Wilson Kipketer ranks 3Before him are Kipchoge Keino (1940), and Eliud Kipchoge (1984). After him are Naftali Temu (1945), Amos Biwott (1947), Charles Asati (1946), Philip Waruinge (1945), Julius Sang (1946), Paul Tergat (1969), Benjamin Kogo (1944), Munyoro Nyamau (1942), and Brimin Kipruto (1985).