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Barbara Ann Scott

1928 - 2012

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Barbara Ann Scott (May 9, 1928 – September 30, 2012) was a Canadian figure skater. She was the 1948 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion (1947–1948), and a four-time Canadian national champion (1944–46, 48) in ladies' singles. Known as "Canada's Sweetheart", she is the only Canadian to have won the Olympic ladies' singles gold medal, the first North American to have won three major titles in one year and the only Canadian to have won the European Championship (1947–48). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barbara Ann Scott has received more than 206,698 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Barbara Ann Scott is the 95th most popular skater (down from 49th in 2019), the 467th most popular biography from Canada (down from 319th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Canadian Skater.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Barbara Ann Scott ranks 95 out of 483. Before her are Sergei Grinkov, Christa Luding-Rothenburger, Terry McDermott, Johann Olav Koss, Tenley Albright, and Wolfgang Schwarz. After her are Alexia Bryn, Klara Guseva, Midori Ito, David Jenkins, Wim van der Voort, and Cecilia Colledge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Barbara Ann Scott ranks 467. Before her are Jimmy Jones, Jacques Rouffio, Pete Rademacher, Manuel Álvarez, Ardico Magnini, and Finn Haunstoft. After her are Boris Kuznetsov, Laurus Škurla, Judith Krantz, Peter Taylor, Jorma Valkama, and Kate Wilhelm. Among people deceased in 2012, Barbara Ann Scott ranks 357. Before her are Clive Dunn, William Grut, Oscar Rossi, Sergey Nikolsky, András Szente, and Lyudmila Kasatkina. After her are Rufina Gasheva, Gustaf Jansson, Rosy Varte, Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, Aldo Maldera, and Théophile Abega.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Barbara Ann Scott ranks 467 out of 1,622. Before her are Alex Wilson (1905), Robert Pickton (1949), Paul Grégoire (1911), David James Elliott (1960), François Legault (1957), and Pauline Marois (1949). After her are George-Étienne Cartier (1814), Chad Kroeger (1974), Wendy Crewson (1956), Tom Taylor (1880), Sarah Carter (1980), and Dwight Lodeweges (1957).

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Among SKATERS In Canada

Among skaters born in Canada, Barbara Ann Scott ranks 3. Before her are Debbi Wilkes (1946), and Brian Orser (1961). After her are Barbara Wagner (1938), Alexander Hurd (1910), Suzanne Morrow Francis (1930), Toller Cranston (1949), Robert Paul (1937), Montgomery Wilson (1909), Cindy Klassen (1979), Karen Magnussen (1952), and Jeremy Wotherspoon (1976).

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