SKATER

Claudia Pechstein

1972 - Today

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Claudia Pechstein (born 22 February 1972) is a German speed skater. She has won five Olympic gold medals. With a total of nine Olympic medals, five gold, two silver, and two bronze, she was previously the most successful Olympic speed skater, male or female, of all time, (later superseded by Ireen Wüst during the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Claudia Pechstein has received more than 224,346 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Claudia Pechstein is the 131st most popular skater (down from 44th in 2019), the 5,380th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,924th in 2019) and the 14th most popular German Skater.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Claudia Pechstein ranks 131 out of 483. Before her are Petra Burka, Valentina Stenina, Johnny Höglin, Paul Falk, Ans Schut, and Roar Grønvold. After her are Dorothy Hamill, Lisbeth Korsmo, Jan Hoffmann, Alexander Hurd, Tatiana Navka, and Stéphane Lambiel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Claudia Pechstein ranks 286. Before her are Angie Harmon, Thomas Alsgaard, Radek Bejbl, Christian Wörns, Andy Weir, and Derartu Tulu. After her are Oleh Lyashko, Zeljko Kalac, Pierre Amine Gemayel, Jesper Kyd, Scott Foley, and Roberto Acuña.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Claudia Pechstein ranks 5,380 out of 7,253. Before her are Olga Oelkers (1887), Alexander Wendt (1958), Michael Tarnat (1969), Erich Herrmann (1914), Hanns Kilian (1905), and Mario Pašalić (1995). After her are Theo Helfrich (1913), Klaus Reichert (1947), Herbert Adamski (1910), John Peter Zenger (1697), Roland Wohlfarth (1963), and Otto Fahr (1892).

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Among SKATERS In Germany

Among skaters born in Germany, Claudia Pechstein ranks 14. Before her are Marika Kilius (1943), Ria Baran (1922), Christa Luding-Rothenburger (1959), Hans-Jürgen Bäumler (1942), Manfred Schnelldorfer (1943), and Paul Falk (1921). After her are Jan Hoffmann (1955), Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (1966), Karin Enke (1961), Anett Pötzsch (1960), Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich (1960), and Anni Friesinger-Postma (1977).

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