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Zola Budd

1966 - Today

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Zola Budd (also known as Zola Pieterse; born 26 May 1966) is a South African middle-distance and long-distance runner. She competed at the 1984 Olympic Games for Great Britain and the 1992 Olympic Games for South Africa, both times in the 3000 metres. In 1984 (unratified) and 1985, she broke the world record in the 5000 metres. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zola Budd has received more than 1,330,756 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Zola Budd is the 2,723rd most popular athlete (down from 1,918th in 2019), the 260th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 220th in 2019) and the 20th most popular South African Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Zola Budd ranks 2,723 out of 6,025. Before her are Anna Carin Zidek, Saif Saaeed Shaheen, Roman Hontyuk, Jürgen Straub, Tracy Wilson, and Igor Milanović. After her are Adrian Metcalfe, Oleksandr Bagach, Janne Lahtela, Keith Gardner, Eddie Arcaro, and María Isabel Urrutia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Zola Budd ranks 583. Before her are Samuel West, Zdenko Kožul, Kathrin Neimke, Ko Jeong-woon, Nestor Subiat, and Miranda Fricker. After her are Oleksandr Bagach, Nelson Tapia, Charley Boorman, Emiko Kubo, Henri-Marie Dondra, and Ad-Rock.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Zola Budd ranks 260 out of 454. Before her are Theo de Raadt (1968), Moira Lister (1923), Lillian Ngoyi (1911), Amanda Coetzer (1971), Theuns Jordaan (1971), and Joost van der Westhuizen (1971). After her are Stanley Skewes (1899), Chris Wood (null), Trevor Noah (1984), Zanele Muholi (1972), Caster Semenya (1991), and Quinton Fortune (1977).

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Among ATHLETES In South Africa

Among athletes born in South Africa, Zola Budd ranks 20. Before her are Christian Gitsham (1888), Clarence Walker (1898), Leal (null), Wayde van Niekerk (1992), Clarence Oldfield (1899), and Daphne Hasenjäger (1929). After her are Chris Wood (null), Caster Semenya (1991), Péter Nagy (null), Zhang Jian (null), Josia Thugwane (1971), and Kelsey-Lee Barber (1991).

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