The Most Famous

SKATERS from India

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This page contains a list of the greatest Indian Skaters. The pantheon dataset contains 483 Skaters, 1 of which were born in India. This makes India the birth place of the 28th most number of Skaters behind Denmark, and Slovakia.

Top 1

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Indian Skaters of all time. This list of famous Indian Skaters is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Jeannette Altwegg (1930 - 2021)

With an HPI of 49.14, Jeannette Altwegg is the most famous Indian Skater.  Her biography has been translated into 23 different languages on wikipedia.

Jeannette Eleanor Wirz CBE (née Altwegg; 8 September 1930 – 18 June 2021) was a British figure skater who competed in ladies' singles. She was the 1952 Olympic champion, the 1948 Olympic bronze medalist, the 1951 World champion, and a double (1951 & 1952) European champion.

People

Pantheon has 1 people classified as Indian skaters born between 1930 and 1930. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Indian skaters include Jeannette Altwegg.

Deceased Indian Skaters

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