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Yuriy Sedykh

1955 - 2021

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Yuriy Georgiyevich Sedykh (Russian: Ю́рий Гео́ргиевич Седы́х, Ukrainian: Юрій Георгійович Сєдих) (11 June 1955 – 14 September 2021) was a track and field athlete who represented the Soviet Union from 1976 to 1991 in the hammer throw. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yuriy Sedykh has received more than 228,007 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Yuriy Sedykh is the 18th most popular athlete (up from 61st in 2019), the 435th most popular biography from Russia (up from 701st in 2019) and the most popular Russian Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Yuriy Sedykh ranks 18 out of 3,059. Before him are Sigfrid Edström, Ronnie Coleman, Hannes Kolehmainen, Felix Baumgartner, Dick Fosbury, and Florence Griffith Joyner. After him are Iolanda Balaș, Stanisława Walasiewicz, Javier Sotomayor, Mike Powell, Tamara Press, and Ray Ewry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Yuriy Sedykh ranks 50. Before him are Shoko Asahara, Martin Schulz, Billy Idol, Brendan Gleeson, François Cluzet, and Haitham bin Tariq. After him are Eddie Van Halen, Richard Schiff, Olga Korbut, Zucchero Fornaciari, Binali Yıldırım, and Michael Rooker. Among people deceased in 2021, Yuriy Sedykh ranks 89. Before him are Borisav Jović, Bertrand Tavernier, Kim Yong-ju, Antony Hewish, Mamnoon Hussain, and Milva. After him are José Freire Falcão, Hannu Mikkola, Ion Mihai Pacepa, Clive Sinclair, Jorge Medina, and Max Mosley.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yuriy Sedykh ranks 435 out of 3,262. Before him are Sergei Krikalev (1958), Valeri Polyakov (1942), Yury Luzhkov (1936), Edith Södergran (1892), Dmitry Pozharsky (1577), and Valery Gergiev (1953). After him are Igor Ivanov (1945), Lyubov Popova (1889), Alexander Ostrovsky (1823), Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia (1825), Marianne von Werefkin (1860), and False Dmitry II (1600).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Yuriy Sedykh ranks 1. After him are Vasily Alekseyev (1942), Valeriy Brumel (1942), Yelena Isinbayeva (1982), Elvīra Ozoliņa (1939), Irena Szewińska (1946), Pyotr Bolotnikov (1930), Vyacheslav Vedenin (1941), Vsevolod Bobrov (1922), Yevgeny Grishin (1931), Vera Krepkina (1933), and Natalya Lisovskaya (1962).

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