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Fred Anton Maier

1938 - 2015

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Fred Anton Maier (15 December 1938 – 9 June 2015) was a speed skater from Norway. He was among the dominating skaters throughout the 1960s, specialising in the longer distances. Maier won four Olympic medals: silver on the 10,000 m and bronze on the 5,000 m at the 1964 Olympics, and gold on the 5,000 m and silver on the 10,000 m at the 1968 Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fred Anton Maier has received more than 21,440 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Fred Anton Maier is the 17th most popular skater (up from 24th in 2019), the 204th most popular biography from Norway (down from 196th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Norwegian Skater.

Memorability Metrics

  • 21k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Fred Anton Maiers by language

Over the past year Fred Anton Maier has had the most page views in the with 2,432 views, followed by English (1,982), and Norwegian (Nynorsk) (830). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are West Frisian (485.51%), Ukrainian (130.16%), and Armenian (69.94%)

Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Fred Anton Maier ranks 17 out of 483. Before him are Ivar Ballangrud, Ludmila Belousova, Karl Schäfer, Hjalmar Andersen, Ethel Muckelt, and Sjoukje Dijkstra. After him are Debbi Wilkes, Magda Julin, Roald Aas, Helene Engelmann, Alain Calmat, and Tony Hawk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Fred Anton Maier ranks 246. Before him are Martin Koeman, Carlo Caffarra, Olga Szabó-Orbán, Kurt Moll, Deniz Baykal, and Tommy Chong. After him are Freddie Hubbard, Karin Balzer, Anar Rzayev, Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama, Aleksei Yuryevich German, and Spencer Johnson. Among people deceased in 2015, Fred Anton Maier ranks 174. Before him are Richard Anthony, Phil Taylor, Nora Brockstedt, Carlo Furno, Mike Porcaro, and Bernard Maris. After him are Tignous, Guy Béart, Moira Orfei, Xu Caihou, Judith Malina, and Gottfried Diener.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Fred Anton Maier ranks 204 out of 1,039. Before him are Sigurd Hoel (1890), Helge Løvland (1890), Jacob Aall (1773), Jan P. Syse (1930), Nora Brockstedt (1923), and Toralf Engan (1936). After him are Sonja Wigert (1913), Karl Ove Knausgård (1968), Eysteinn Erlendsson (1120), Gunnar Heiberg (1857), Laila Schou Nilsen (1919), and John Norum (1964).

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Among SKATERS In Norway

Among skaters born in Norway, Fred Anton Maier ranks 5. Before him are Sonja Henie (1912), Axel Paulsen (1855), Ivar Ballangrud (1904), and Hjalmar Andersen (1923). After him are Roald Aas (1928), Bernt Evensen (1905), Knut Johannesen (1933), Finn Helgesen (1919), Odd Lundberg (1917), Johann Olav Koss (1968), and Alexia Bryn (1889).

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