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Charles Jewtraw

1900 - 1996

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Charles Jewtraw (May 5, 1900 – January 26, 1996) was an American speed skater, who won the first gold medal (in the 500 m) at the first Winter Olympics in 1924; he finished eighth in the 1500 m and 13th in the 5000 m events. Jewtraw won national titles in 1921 and 1923 and held the national record in 100 yards at 9.4 seconds. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Jewtraw has received more than 37,812 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Charles Jewtraw is the 52nd most popular skater (down from 43rd in 2019), the 6,472nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,831st in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Skater.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.94

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  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Charles Jewtraw ranks 52 out of 483Before him are Bernt Evensen, Pierre Brunet, Knut Johannesen, Trixi Schuba, Lily Kronberger, and Ede Király. After him are Maxi Herber, Gabriele Seyfert, Finn Helgesen, Brian Orser, Sigvard Ericsson, and Odd Lundberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Charles Jewtraw ranks 216Before him are Delfo Bellini, Taylor Caldwell, Gottfried Haberler, Pedro Ochoa, César Espinoza, and Ivan Kozlovsky. After him are Mikhail Tikhonravov, Irene Guest, Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia, Mikhail Lavrentyev, Alan Helffrich, and Ludovico Bidoglio. Among people deceased in 1996, Charles Jewtraw ranks 219Before him are Hermann Kesten, Morton Gould, Gabriel Alonso, Karol Jokl, Vagn Holmboe, and Audrey Munson. After him are Jurandir de Freitas, Wolfgang Koeppen, Bernard Edwards, Robert Nisbet, Bai Yang, and Bibi Besch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Jewtraw ranks 6,472 out of 20,380Before him are Lou Donaldson (1926), Morgana King (1930), Jacqueline Susann (1918), Timothy Pickering (1745), Dominic Sena (1949), and George Newbold Lawrence (1806). After him are Buddy Ebsen (1908), Milton S. Hershey (1857), Gilda Radner (1946), James Salter (1925), Robert Ettinger (1918), and Rudy Van Gelder (1924).

Among SKATERS In United States

Among skaters born in United States, Charles Jewtraw ranks 5Before him are Tonya Harding (1970), Tony Hawk (1968), Eric Heiden (1958), and Nancy Kerrigan (1969). After him are Peggy Fleming (1948), Terry McDermott (1940), Tenley Albright (1935), David Jenkins (1936), Carol Heiss (1940), Ken Henry (1929), and Jeanne Ashworth (1938).