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Franz Klammer

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Franz Klammer (born 3 December 1953) is a former champion alpine ski racer from Austria. He dominated the downhill event for four consecutive World Cup seasons (1975–78). He was the gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, winning the downhill at Patscherkofel by a margin of 0.33 seconds with a time of 1:45.73. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz Klammer has received more than 381,361 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Franz Klammer is the 9th most popular skier (up from 19th in 2019), the 547th most popular biography from Austria (up from 605th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Austrian Skier.

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  • 60.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Franz Klammer ranks 9 out of 817. Before him are Matti Nykänen, Toni Sailer, Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Bjørn Dæhlie, Alberto Tomba, and Anne Jahren. After him are Birger Ruud, Eddie the Eagle, Jiří Raška, Andrea Mead Lawrence, Bjørn Wirkola, and Sixten Jernberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Franz Klammer ranks 132. Before him are Kathleen Kennedy, Ewald Lienen, Myung-whun Chung, Norman Finkelstein, Bill Nunn, and Douglas Diamond. After him are Christoph Daum, Amy Irving, Tom Hulce, Otmar Hasler, Pavlo Lazarenko, and Chaka Khan.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Franz Klammer ranks 547 out of 1,424. Before him are Princess Marie Louise of Hanover (1879), Anton Karas (1906), Kazimierz Twardowski (1866), Bernhard Wicki (1919), Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1882), and Fritz Heider (1896). After him are Hieronymus von Colloredo (1732), Josef Frank (1885), Marietta Blau (1894), Fred Sinowatz (1929), Wilhelm von Mirbach (1871), and Berta Karlik (1904).

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Among SKIERS In Austria

Among skiers born in Austria, Franz Klammer ranks 2. Before him are Toni Sailer (1935). After him are Hermann Maier (1972), Heinrich Messner (1939), Annemarie Moser-Pröll (1953), Marc Girardelli (1963), Erik Schinegger (1948), Karl Schranz (1938), Anderl Molterer (1931), Egon Zimmermann (1939), Christl Haas (1943), and Trude Beiser (1927).

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