1958 - Today
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 707,464 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Eric Heiden is the 23rd most popular skater (up from 25th in 2019), the 4,313th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,727th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Skater.
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Among skaters, Eric Heiden ranks 23 out of 315. Before him are Sjoukje Dijkstra, Hjalmar Andersen, Magda Julin, Tony Hawk, Evgeni Plushenko, and Ludowika Jakobsson. After him are Fred Anton Maier, Herma Szabo, Andrée Brunet, Helene Engelmann, Ernst Baier, and Brian Orser.
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 17
1923 - 2013
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 18
1894 - 1990
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 19
1968 - Present
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 20
1982 - Present
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 21
1884 - 1968
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 22
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 23
1938 - 2015
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 24
1902 - 1986
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 25
1901 - 1993
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 26
1898 - 1985
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 27
1905 - 2001
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 28
1961 - Present
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 29
Among people born in 1958, Eric Heiden ranks 113. Before him are Dragan Đokanović, Didier Reynders, Terry Fox, Yoshito Usui, Michael Flatley, and Kim Boo-kyum. After him are Greg Mankiw, Oscar Schmidt, Lakhdar Belloumi, Phạm Minh Chính, Bertrand Piccard, and Kim Coates.
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 107
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 108
1958 - 1981
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 109
1958 - 2009
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 110
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 111
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 112
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 113
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 114
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 115
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 116
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 117
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 118
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 119
Among people born in United States, Eric Heiden ranks 4,313 out of 18,182. Before him are Ralph Rose (1885), Reuben Fine (1914), Al Taliaferro (1905), Harry Hamlin (1951), Lizzie Magie (1866), and Ted Nugent (1948). After him are Stanley Williams (1953), Daron Malakian (1975), John Henry Holland (1929), Marlon Jackson (1957), Nancy Marchand (1928), and Florence Harding (1860).
1885 - 1913
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 4,307
1914 - 1993
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 4,308
1905 - 1969
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 4,309
1951 - Present
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 4,310
1866 - 1948
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 4,311
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 4,312
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 4,313
1953 - 2005
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 4,314
1975 - Present
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 4,315
1929 - 2015
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 4,316
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 4,317
1928 - 2000
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 4,318
1860 - 1924
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 4,319
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), Dick Button (1929), Tenley Albright (1935), Peggy Fleming (1948), Janet Lynn (1953), Carol Heiss (1940), David Jenkins (1936), and Irving Jaffee (1906).
1970 - Present
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 1
1968 - Present
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 2
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 3
1969 - Present
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 4
1900 - 1996
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 5
1929 - Present
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 6
1935 - Present
HPI: 43.58
Rank: 7
1948 - Present
HPI: 43.35
Rank: 8
1953 - Present
HPI: 43.06
Rank: 9
1940 - Present
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 10
1936 - Present
HPI: 41.41
Rank: 11
1906 - 1981
HPI: 40.93
Rank: 12