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Eric Heiden

1958 - Today

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Eric Arthur Heiden (born June 14, 1958) is an American physician and a former long track speed skater, road cyclist and track cyclist. He won an unprecedented five individual gold medals, and set four Olympic records and one world record at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games. Heiden was the most successful athlete at those Olympic Games, single-handedly winning more gold medals than all nations except for the Soviet Union (10) and East Germany (9). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric Heiden has received more than 764,559 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Eric Heiden is the 27th most popular skater (down from 23rd in 2019), the 4,896th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,301st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Skater.

Memorability Metrics

  • 760k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Eric Heiden ranks 27 out of 483. Before him are Helene Engelmann, Alain Calmat, Tony Hawk, Alfred Berger, Ludowika Jakobsson, and Karol Divín. After him are Ernst Baier, Ard Schenk, Heinrich Burger, Helena Pilejczyk, Nancy Kerrigan, and Willy Böckl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Eric Heiden ranks 156. Before him are Ramadan Shalah, Louise Penny, Sergey Litvinov, Marina Silva, Greg Mankiw, and Michael Wincott. After him are Eddie Lawson, Viacheslav Fetisov, Mark Milley, Luis Guillermo Solís, Jean-Claude Hollerich, and Christiane Amanpour.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eric Heiden ranks 4,896 out of 20,380. Before him are Hal B. Wallis (1898), Carole Landis (1919), Roy Raymond (1947), John Neumeier (1939), Frederick Law Olmsted (1822), and Bill Richardson (1947). After him are Joseph Brant (1742), Barbara Hutton (1912), Ron Woodroof (1950), Butterfly McQueen (1911), Joan Blondell (1906), and John Terry (1950).

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Among SKATERS In United States

Among skaters born in United States, Eric Heiden ranks 3. Before him are Tonya Harding (1970), and Tony Hawk (1968). After him are Nancy Kerrigan (1969), Charles Jewtraw (1900), Peggy Fleming (1948), Terry McDermott (1940), Tenley Albright (1935), David Jenkins (1936), Carol Heiss (1940), Ken Henry (1929), and Jeanne Ashworth (1938).

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