The Most Famous

SKATERS from Latvia

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This page contains a list of the greatest Latvian Skaters. The pantheon dataset contains 483 Skaters, 1 of which were born in Latvia. This makes Latvia the birth place of the 31st most number of Skaters behind Spain, and Georgia.

Top 1

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

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1. Deniss Vasiļjevs (b. 1999)

With an HPI of 29.80, Deniss Vasiļjevs is the most famous Latvian Skater.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.

Deniss Vasiļjevs (born 9 August 1999) is a Latvian figure skater. He is the 2022 European bronze medalist, the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy silver medalist, a four-time ISU Challenger Series medalist (including gold at the 2020 Nebelhorn Trophy), and a six-time Latvian national champion (2016–18, 2020, 2022-23). Earlier in his career, Vasiļjevs became the 2016 Youth Olympics silver medalist and won two silver medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series. He is the first Latvian skater to make the podium at a JGP event and at an ISU Championships event.

People

Pantheon has 1 people classified as Latvian skaters born between 1999 and 1999. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Latvian skaters include Deniss Vasiļjevs.

Living Latvian Skaters

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