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Wyomia Tyus

1945 - Today

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Wyomia Tyus (pronunciation: why-o-mi; born August 29, 1945) is a retired American track and field sprinter, and the first person to retain the Olympic title in the 100 m (a feat since duplicated by Carl Lewis, Gail Devers, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Usain Bolt, and Elaine Thompson-Herah). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wyomia Tyus has received more than 167,032 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Wyomia Tyus is the 675th most popular athlete (up from 844th in 2019), the 6,807th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,087th in 2019) and the 144th most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Wyomia Tyus ranks 675 out of 6,025. Before her are Mariya Petkova, Norma Croker, Adalberts Bubenko, Renan, Duncan McNaughton, and Tamás Mendelényi. After her are Shirley Strickland, Alexander Tikhonov, Bo Lindman, Maria Mutola, Pavel Schmidt, and Carl Silfverstrand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Wyomia Tyus ranks 426. Before her are Raila Odinga, Francisco Sá, Portia Simpson-Miller, Peter Pace, Tony Kaye, and Avi Shlaim. After her are Göran Claeson, Gordon Thomson, José Luis Romero, Charles Greene, Mladen Ramljak, and Ágnes Hranitzky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wyomia Tyus ranks 6,807 out of 20,380. Before her are Beulah Louise Henry (1888), Carl O. Sauer (1889), Ford Sterling (1883), Camille Keaton (1947), Irving Kristol (1920), and Samuel Berger (1884). After her are Joe Spano (1946), Kaʻiulani (1875), Big John Studd (1948), Dylan Baker (1959), Jeffrey Donovan (1968), and Mal Waldron (1925).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Wyomia Tyus ranks 144. Before her are Edward Lindberg (1886), Hal Connolly (1931), Mary Carew (1913), Ira Murchison (1933), Emmett Toppino (1909), and Marc Wright (1890). After her are Maurice Greene (1974), Charles Greene (1945), Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston (1903), Mike Larrabee (1933), Quinn (null), and William Stevenson (1900).

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