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Cindy Klassen

1979 - Today

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Cindy Klassen, (born August 12, 1979) is a Canadian retired long track speed skater. She is a six-time medallist having achieved one gold, two silver, three bronze at the Winter Olympics. She is the only Canadian Olympian to win five medals in a single Olympic games and the first female speed skater to win five medals in a single games at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cindy Klassen has received more than 185,793 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Cindy Klassen is the 240th most popular skater (up from 290th in 2019), the 926th most popular biography from Canada (down from 914th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Canadian Skater.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Cindy Klassens by language

Over the past year Cindy Klassen has had the most page views in the with 13,091 views, followed by Dutch (3,131), and German (1,677). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are West Frisian (269.23%), Persian (89.55%), and Latvian (84.86%)

Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Cindy Klassen ranks 240 out of 483Before her are Alexandra Trusova, Ilia Averbukh, Yuka Sato, Maxim Staviski, Jan Bos, and Chen Lu. After her are Lee Jung-su, Shen Xue, Ingo Steuer, Heike Warnicke, Karen Magnussen, and Lee Sang-hwa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Cindy Klassen ranks 528Before her are Katharina Schüttler, Stéphane Dalmat, Koit Toome, Coco Austin, Pablo Orbaiz, and Pollyanna McIntosh. After her are Mpule Kwelagobe, Abdulaziz al-Omari, Giusy Ferreri, Cameron Richardson, Pedro Mendes, and Brett Lancaster.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Cindy Klassen ranks 926 out of 1,622Before her are Patrice Désilets (1974), Devon Bostick (1991), Lynda Lemay (1966), Mark Lee (1999), Drew Seeley (1982), and Sara Seager (1971). After her are Bobby Roode (1977), Michelle MacLaren (1965), Linda A. Morabito (1953), Tiga (1974), Danny Antonucci (1957), and Dale Mitchell (1958).

Among SKATERS In Canada

Among skaters born in Canada, Cindy Klassen ranks 10Before her are Barbara Wagner (1938), Alexander Hurd (1910), Suzanne Morrow Francis (1930), Toller Cranston (1949), Robert Paul (1937), and Montgomery Wilson (1909). After her are Karen Magnussen (1952), Jeremy Wotherspoon (1976), Patrick Chan (1990), Tessa Virtue (1989), Marc Gagnon (1975), and Joannie Rochette (1986).