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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. She was also a two-time winner at the World Cross Country Championships (1985–1986). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zola Budd is the 3,191st most popular athlete (down from 2,680th in 2019), the 288th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 256th in 2019) and the 18th most popular South African Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Zola Budd ranks 3,191 out of 6,025. Before her are Jesús Rollán, Kelsey-Lee Barber, Kerstin Behrendt, Hanne Haugland, Véronique Claudel, and Julio César La Cruz. After her are Robert Harting, Paul Chelimo, Yulimar Rojas, Lesley Thompson, Melaine Walker, and Bogdan Musioł.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Zola Budd ranks 699. Before her are Vasili Kulkov, Gina Bellman, Heike Warnicke, Vitaliy Savin, Dav Pilkey, and Véronique Claudel. After her are Martina McBride, Lynda Lemay, Yuko Arimori, Curt Schilling, Thomas Wyss, and Brad William Henke.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Zola Budd ranks 288 out of 454. Before her are ZP Theart (1975), Pierre Issa (1975), David Adams (1970), J. R. Rotem (1975), Patricia de Lille (1951), and Kelsey-Lee Barber (1991). After her are Matthew Booth (1977), Anele Ngcongca (1987), Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters (1995), Neil Turok (1958), Péter Nagy (null), and Jeff Coetzee (1977).

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Among ATHLETES In South Africa

Among athletes born in South Africa, Zola Budd ranks 18. Before her are Clarence Oldfield (1899), Lillian Board (1948), Stefan Mitrović (null), Caster Semenya (1991), Wayde van Niekerk (1992), and Kelsey-Lee Barber (1991). After her are Péter Nagy (null), Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (1980), Zhang Jian (null), Elana Meyer (1966), L. J. van Zyl (1985), and Frantz Kruger (1975).

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