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Astapkovich vs Semenya

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
AstapkovichWinner
87.3

Astapkovich wins: Longevity, Statistics

Semenya
87.2

Semenya wins: Dominance, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇧🇾 Igor Astapkovich
87.3

Astapkovich leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic silver medallist and world champion with a best of 84.62 metres.

1. Igor Astapkovich
87.3
2. Caster Semenya
87.2

Category breakdown

Season form · Major golds per season

Career timeline · Major golds per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Major golds per season
1. 🇿🇦 Caster Semenya5 seasons played · career day 2,191586.5 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇧🇾 Igor Astapkovich5 seasons played · career day 1,825327 major golds
-44.2% vs Semenya at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇧🇾 Astapkovich0045100327679
🇿🇦 Semenya000115.45350.87941.46

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 seasons are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.

MetricAstapkovichRetiredSemenyaActive
World Championship titles1
Olympic medals2
Personal best in centimetres8,462
European Championship titles1
World Championship medals4
Olympic golds2
World Championship golds3
Commonwealth golds1
800m best (sec)114.25
Consecutive 800m wins30
Dominance w25%8488
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%8880
Honours w20%8488
Statistics w15%9088

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GOAT Rank · the data
Astapkovich87.3
Semenya87.2
The people
Astapkovich
Semenya

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