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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 149,835 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Wyomia Tyus is the 844th most popular athlete (down from 612th in 2019), the 8,104th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,486th in 2019) and the 161st most popular American Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

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  • 44.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Wyomia Tyus ranks 844 out of 3,059Before her are Emilio Lunghi, Amelia Piccinini, Romeo Bertini, Herbert Jamison, Ugo Pignotti, and Imre Polyák. After her are Richard Gunn, Petter Hugsted, Renzo Minoli, Zvonimir Vujin, Maria Kwaśniewska, and Diana Yorgova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Wyomia Tyus ranks 436Before her are François Bourgeon, Hugo Fernández, Toshikatsu Matsuoka, Carlos Reinoso, Jacqueline Wilson, and Vincent Nichols. After her are Claude Barthélemy, Millie Hughes-Fulford, Judith O'Dea, Tony Duvert, Susan Tyrrell, and Paola Pigni.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wyomia Tyus ranks 8,104 out of 18,182Before her are Professor Longhair (1918), Jesse Plemons (1988), Christian Camargo (1971), Leonard Mlodinow (1954), John Buscema (1927), and Jeff Hardy (1977). After her are Regina Hall (1970), Michael Shermer (1954), Jaime Pressly (1977), William C. McCool (1961), Tom DeLonge (1975), and Daryl Stuermer (1952).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Wyomia Tyus ranks 161Before her are James Juvenal (1874), John McLean (1878), Harriet Bland (1915), Jay Silvester (1937), Willie Davenport (1943), and Herbert Jamison (1875). After her are John Exley (1867), Marc Wright (1890), Oscar Olson (1878), Edward Lindberg (1886), Bill Nieder (1933), and Max Emmerich (1879).