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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 197,221 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Barbara Ann Scott is the 49th most popular skater (down from 37th in 2019), the 320th most popular biography from Canada (down from 294th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Canadian Skater.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Barbara Ann Scott ranks 49 out of 315. Before her are Charles Jewtraw, Claudia Pechstein, Karol Divín, Knut Johannesen, Alain Calmat, and Alexei Ulanov. After her are Pierre Brunet, Helga Haase, Eva Pawlik, Heinrich Burger, Alexander Gennadiyevich Zaitsev, and Kees Verkerk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Barbara Ann Scott ranks 349. Before her are Alice Drummond, Mário Pinto de Andrade, William Trevor, Tom Lantos, Simón Díaz, and Marian Seldes. After her are Sivaji Ganesan, Lucho Gatica, Flóra Kádár, Gerhard Stoltenberg, Károly Sándor, and Ann Blyth. Among people deceased in 2012, Barbara Ann Scott ranks 248. Before her are R. G. Armstrong, André Simon, Bob Anderson, Peter Struck, Paul Pietsch, and Andy Griffith. After her are Elza Ibrahimova, Carmen Basilio, Eric Sykes, Dara Singh, Ian Abercrombie, and Nelson Prudêncio.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Barbara Ann Scott ranks 320 out of 1,350. Before her are Geddy Lee (1953), Roberta Bondar (1945), Gordon Lightfoot (1938), Buffy Sainte-Marie (1941), Robertson Davies (1913), and Alex Trebek (1940). After her are The Weeknd (1990), Nancy Huston (1953), John McCrae (1872), Percy Williams (1908), Seth Rogen (1982), and Grant Allen (1848).

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Among SKATERS In Canada

Among skaters born in Canada, Barbara Ann Scott ranks 2. Before her are Brian Orser (1961). After her are Toller Cranston (1949), Barbara Wagner (1938), Montgomery Wilson (1909), Robert Paul (1937), Suzanne Morrow Francis (1930), Donald Jackson (1940), Karen Magnussen (1952), Tessa Virtue (1989), Patrick Chan (1990), and Jeremy Wotherspoon (1976).

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