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Melaine Walker

1983 - Today

Melaine Walker

Melaine Walker (born 1 March 1983) is a Jamaican 400 metres hurdler. She was born in Kingston. Walker is the former Olympic 400 m hurdles champion. She held the Olympic record of 52.64, set at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and her time of 52.42 seconds at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin was the second fastest time in history at the time. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2024). Melaine Walker is the 3,296th most popular athlete (up from 4,070th in 2024), the 94th most popular biography from Jamaica (up from 118th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Jamaican Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Melaine Walker ranks 3,302 out of 6,025. Before her are Jesús Rollán, Kelsey-Lee Barber, Kerstin Behrendt, Hanne Haugland, Harri Eloranta, Véronique Claudel, Julio César La Cruz, Zola Budd, Robert Harting, Paul Chelimo, Yulimar Rojas, and Lesley Thompson.

Most Popular Athletes in Wikipedia

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Jesús Rollán
1968 - 2006
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 3,290
Kelsey-Lee Barber
1991 - Present
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 3,291
Kerstin Behrendt
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 3,292
Hanne Haugland
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 3,293
Harri Eloranta
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 3,294
Véronique Claudel
1966 - Present
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 3,295
Julio César La Cruz
1989 - Present
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 3,296
Zola Budd
1966 - Present
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 3,297
Robert Harting
1984 - Present
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 3,298
Paul Chelimo
1990 - Present
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 3,299
Yulimar Rojas
1995 - Present
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 3,300
Lesley Thompson
1959 - Present
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 3,301
Melaine Walker
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 3,302

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Melaine Walker ranks 475. Before her are José María López, Zlatan Ljubijankić, Park Sung-hyun, Luis León Sánchez, Daniel Carvalho, and Laura Smet. After her are Jung Ji-hyun, Emanuel Pogatetz, Aleksandar Pavlović, Tatiana Santo Domingo, Alain Bernard, and Rubén Olivera.

Others Born in 1983

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José María López
RACING DRIVER
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 469
Zlatan Ljubijankić
SOCCER PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 470
Park Sung-hyun
ATHLETE
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 471
Luis León Sánchez
CYCLIST
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 472
Daniel Carvalho
SOCCER PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 473
Laura Smet
ACTOR
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 474
Melaine Walker
ATHLETE
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 475
Jung Ji-hyun
WRESTLER
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 476
Emanuel Pogatetz
SOCCER PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.54
Rank: 477
Aleksandar Pavlović
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.54
Rank: 478
Tatiana Santo Domingo
CELEBRITY
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.50
Rank: 479
Alain Bernard
SWIMMER
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 480
Rubén Olivera
SOCCER PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 481