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Erika Hess

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Erika Hess (born 6 March 1962) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. One of the best female racers of the 1980s, Hess had 31 World Cup wins (22 in slalom), four slalom titles (1981–83 and 1985), and two overall titles (1982, 1984). She also won six World Championship gold medals between 1982 and 1987, and took bronze in the slalom at the 1980 Winter Olympics at age 17. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erika Hess has received more than 49,856 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Erika Hess is the 133rd most popular skier (up from 137th in 2019), the 613th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 560th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Swiss Skier.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.83

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  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Erika Hess ranks 133 out of 817. Before her are Tora Berger, Traudl Hecher, Josef Stiegler, Luc Alphand, Lasse Kjus, and Aksel Lund Svindal. After her are Johann Mühlegg, Didier Cuche, Therese Johaug, Matti Lähde, Anne Heggtveit, and Kazuyoshi Funaki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Erika Hess ranks 387. Before her are David Arnold, Trevor Goddard, Peter Segal, Gustavo Alfaro, Liviu Dragnea, and Nicholas Lea. After her are Pavel Černý, Thomas Ian Griffith, Pedro Monzón, Amina Annabi, Stephen Keshi, and Carlinhos Brown.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Erika Hess ranks 613 out of 1,015. Before her are Heini Walter (1927), Georges Bregy (1958), Emmanuel Pahud (1970), Georges Trombert (1874), Manuel Akanji (1995), and Bruno Manser (1954). After her are Willy Kernen (1929), Paul Niggli (1888), Didier Cuche (1974), Lukas Ammann (1912), Loris Kessel (1950), and Pascal Richard (1964).

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Among SKIERS In Switzerland

Among skiers born in Switzerland, Erika Hess ranks 13. Before her are Renée Colliard (1933), Lara Gut-Behrami (1991), Marie-Theres Nadig (1954), Walter Steiner (1951), Yvonne Rüegg (1938), and Heini Hemmi (1949). After her are Didier Cuche (1974), Antoinette Meyer (1920), Michela Figini (1966), Maria Walliser (1963), Edmund Bruggmann (1943), and Edy Reinalter (1920).

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