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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Melaine Walker is the 3,236th most popular athlete (up from 4,114th in 2019), the 93rd most popular biography from Jamaica (up from 119th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Jamaican Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Melaine Walker ranks 3,236 out of 6,025. Before her are Julio César La Cruz, Zola Budd, Robert Harting, Paul Chelimo, Yulimar Rojas, and Lesley Thompson. After her are Bogdan Musioł, Brenda Taylor, Arsi Harju, Peter Hochschorner, Detlef Hofmann, and Maria Cioncan.

Most Popular Athletes in Wikipedia

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Julio César La Cruz
1989 - Present
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 3,230
Zola Budd
1966 - Present
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 3,231
Robert Harting
1984 - Present
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 3,232
Paul Chelimo
1990 - Present
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 3,233
Yulimar Rojas
1995 - Present
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 3,234
Lesley Thompson
1959 - Present
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 3,235
Melaine Walker
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 3,236
Bogdan Musioł
1957 - Present
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 3,237
Brenda Taylor
1962 - Present
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 3,238
Arsi Harju
1974 - Present
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 3,239
Peter Hochschorner
1979 - Present
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 3,240
Detlef Hofmann
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 3,241
Maria Cioncan
1977 - 2007
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 3,242

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Melaine Walker ranks 463. 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, Alain Bernard, Rubén Olivera, and Janez Brajkovič.

Others Born in 1983

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José María López
RACING DRIVER
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 457
Zlatan Ljubijankić
SOCCER PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 458
Park Sung-hyun
ATHLETE
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 459
Luis León Sánchez
CYCLIST
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 460
Daniel Carvalho
SOCCER PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 461
Laura Smet
ACTOR
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 462
Melaine Walker
ATHLETE
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 463
Jung Ji-hyun
WRESTLER
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 464
Emanuel Pogatetz
SOCCER PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.54
Rank: 465
Aleksandar Pavlović
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.54
Rank: 466
Alain Bernard
SWIMMER
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 467
Rubén Olivera
SOCCER PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 468
Janez Brajkovič
CYCLIST
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 469