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Ard Schenk

1944 - Today

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Adrianus "Ard" Schenk (born 16 September 1944) is a former speed skater from the Netherlands, who is considered to be one of the best in history. His first Olympic success came in 1968, when he won a silver medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics. Between 1970 and 1972 Winter Olympics, Schenk won three consecutive World Allround Speed Skating Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ard Schenk has received more than 73,380 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Ard Schenk is the 29th most popular skater (down from 12th in 2019), the 620th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 363rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Dutch Skater.

Memorability Metrics

  • 73k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Ard Schenk ranks 29 out of 483. Before him are Tony Hawk, Alfred Berger, Ludowika Jakobsson, Karol Divín, Eric Heiden, and Ernst Baier. After him are Heinrich Burger, Helena Pilejczyk, Nancy Kerrigan, Willy Böckl, Vera Ralston, and Walter Jakobsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Ard Schenk ranks 394. Before him are Diana Bracho, Ray Davies, Ivan Ćurković, Boz Scaggs, Jean-François Stévenin, and Max Romeo. After him are Ali Benflis, Haruhiko Kuroda, Nicky Hopkins, Tony Visconti, Willeke van Ammelrooy, and Abaz Arslanagić.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Ard Schenk ranks 620 out of 1,646. Before him are Willem Roelofs (1822), Diederik Korteweg (1848), Victor Marijnen (1917), Ibrahim Afellay (1986), Henk Groot (1938), and Suzanne Manet (1829). After him are Maggie MacNeal (1950), Jan Raas (1952), Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer (1692), Gerben Karstens (1942), Jan de Quay (1901), and Bart Bok (1906).

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Among SKATERS In Netherlands

Among skaters born in Netherlands, Ard Schenk ranks 2. Before him are Sjoukje Dijkstra (1942). After him are Stien Kaiser (1938), Wim van der Voort (1923), Kees Verkerk (1942), Kees Broekman (1927), Petra Burka (1946), Ans Schut (1944), Annie Borckink (1951), Carry Geijssen (1947), Ireen Wüst (1986), and Sven Kramer (1986).

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