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David Jenkins

1936 - Today

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David Wilkinson Jenkins (born June 29, 1936) is an American former figure skater. He is the 1960 Olympic champion, the 1956 Olympic bronze medalist, a three-time World champion, and a four-time U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Jenkins has received more than 28,790 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). David Jenkins is the 99th most popular skater (up from 138th in 2019), the 8,660th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,928th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Skater.

Memorability Metrics

  • 29k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKATERS

Among skaters, David Jenkins ranks 99 out of 483. Before him are Tenley Albright, Wolfgang Schwarz, Barbara Ann Scott, Alexia Bryn, Klara Guseva, and Midori Ito. After him are Wim van der Voort, Cecilia Colledge, Aleksandr Gorshkov, Sten Stensen, Kees Verkerk, and Marianna Nagy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, David Jenkins ranks 458. Before him are Žarko Nikolić, Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz, Barbara Sobotta, David Hess, Nikolay Rubtsov, and John Madden. After him are Kjell Grede, Cynthia McLeod, Owen Roizman, Dmitri Anosov, Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, and German Apukhtin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Jenkins ranks 8,660 out of 20,380. Before him are Edmund White (1940), Ann Richards (1933), Clint Howard (1959), Shelly Manne (1920), Robert Jarvik (1946), and Todd Field (1964). After him are Matthew McGrory (1973), Alexander Courage (1919), Liz Torres (1947), Don Patinkin (1922), Steve Franken (1932), and Walt Ader (1913).

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Among SKATERS In United States

Among skaters born in United States, David Jenkins ranks 9. Before him are Eric Heiden (1958), Nancy Kerrigan (1969), Charles Jewtraw (1900), Peggy Fleming (1948), Terry McDermott (1940), and Tenley Albright (1935). After him are Carol Heiss (1940), Ken Henry (1929), Jeanne Ashworth (1938), Dorothy Hamill (1956), Janet Lynn (1953), and Sheila Young (1950).

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