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Brian Orser

1961 - Today

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Brian Ernest Orser OLY (born 18 December 1961) is a Canadian former competitive and professional figure skater and coach to Olympic champions. He is the 1984 and 1988 Olympic silver medallist, 1987 World champion and eight-time (1981–88) Canadian national champion. At the 1988 Winter Olympics, the rivalry between Orser and American figure skater Brian Boitano, who were the two favorites to win the gold medal, captured media attention and was described as the "Battle of the Brians". Orser turned professional in 1988 and skated with Stars on Ice for almost 20 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brian Orser has received more than 1,138,148 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Brian Orser is the 56th most popular skater (down from 29th in 2019), the 346th most popular biography from Canada (down from 243rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Canadian Skater.

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  • 55.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Brian Orser ranks 56 out of 483. Before him are Lily Kronberger, Ede Király, Charles Jewtraw, Maxi Herber, Gabriele Seyfert, and Finn Helgesen. After him are Sigvard Ericsson, Odd Lundberg, Evgeni Plushenko, Fritzi Burger, Richard Johansson, and Göran Claeson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Brian Orser ranks 232. Before him are Bram Moolenaar, Aaron Sorkin, Samantha Bond, Yuri Malenchenko, Lawrence Lessig, and Eric Chu. After him are José Luis Cuciuffo, Tom Byron, Imad Khamis, Todd Haynes, Darryl Jones, and James Worthy.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Brian Orser ranks 346 out of 1,622. Before him are Samuel Cunard (1787), George Chuvalo (1937), William Kahan (1933), Len Cariou (1939), Victor Jory (1902), and Arthur Meighen (1874). After him are Richard Manuel (1943), Jean-Marc Vallée (1963), Harry Saltzman (1915), Donal Logue (1966), Hal Foster (1892), and Bernie Shaw (1956).

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Among SKATERS In Canada

Among skaters born in Canada, Brian Orser ranks 2. Before him are Debbi Wilkes (1946). After him are Barbara Ann Scott (1928), 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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