1919 - 1994
Gretchen Kunigk Fraser (February 11, 1919 – February 17, 1994) was an American alpine ski racer and nurse. She was the first American to win an Olympic gold medal in skiing, as well as the first American to win an Olympic silver medal in skiing. She was also the skiing stand-in for ice skater Sonja Henie in the movies Thin Ice (1937) and Sun Valley Serenade (1941). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gretchen Fraser has received more than 43,198 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Gretchen Fraser is the 248th most popular skier (down from 145th in 2019), the 12,233rd most popular biography from United States (down from 11,038th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Skier.
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Among skiers, Gretchen Fraser ranks 248 out of 541. Before her are Alexis Pinturault, Renate Götschl, Manuel Fettner, Anna Veith, Perrine Pelen, and Carlo Janka. After her are Risto Laakkonen, Günther Mader, Lukáš Bauer, Lina Cheryazova, Sofia Goggia, and Mikhail Botvinov.
1991 - Present
HPI: 37.75
Rank: 242
1975 - Present
HPI: 37.75
Rank: 243
1985 - Present
HPI: 37.74
Rank: 244
1989 - Present
HPI: 37.73
Rank: 245
1960 - Present
HPI: 37.70
Rank: 246
1986 - Present
HPI: 37.69
Rank: 247
1919 - 1994
HPI: 37.67
Rank: 248
1967 - Present
HPI: 37.66
Rank: 249
1964 - Present
HPI: 37.63
Rank: 250
1977 - Present
HPI: 37.58
Rank: 251
1968 - 2019
HPI: 37.54
Rank: 252
1992 - Present
HPI: 37.53
Rank: 253
1967 - Present
HPI: 37.51
Rank: 254
Among people born in 1919, Gretchen Fraser ranks 311. Before her are John Houbolt, Isabella Abbott, Walt Hansgen, Ellen Stewart, Naushad, and George Avakian. After her are Jayne Meadows, Mary Beth Hughes, Shamshad Begum, Janet Waldo, Ella Grasso, and Wally Hickel. Among people deceased in 1994, Gretchen Fraser ranks 312. Before her are Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt, John Curry, Roberto Balado, Connie Kay, Lina Basquette, and Mark Stevens. After her are Parveen Shakir, Heather Sears, Dennis Morgan, Hal Smith, Frances Gifford, and Robert Wangila.
1919 - 2014
HPI: 38.77
Rank: 305
1919 - 2010
HPI: 38.49
Rank: 306
1919 - 1966
HPI: 38.41
Rank: 307
1919 - 2011
HPI: 38.27
Rank: 308
1919 - 2006
HPI: 37.87
Rank: 309
1919 - 2017
HPI: 37.73
Rank: 310
1919 - 1994
HPI: 37.67
Rank: 311
1919 - 2015
HPI: 37.21
Rank: 312
1919 - 1995
HPI: 36.95
Rank: 313
1919 - 2013
HPI: 36.94
Rank: 314
1919 - 2016
HPI: 36.42
Rank: 315
1919 - 1981
HPI: 35.51
Rank: 316
1919 - 2010
HPI: 35.41
Rank: 317
1900 - 1994
HPI: 39.62
Rank: 306
1949 - 1994
HPI: 39.11
Rank: 307
1969 - 1994
HPI: 38.78
Rank: 308
1927 - 1994
HPI: 38.47
Rank: 309
1907 - 1994
HPI: 37.79
Rank: 310
1916 - 1994
HPI: 37.77
Rank: 311
1919 - 1994
HPI: 37.67
Rank: 312
1952 - 1994
HPI: 36.45
Rank: 313
1935 - 1994
HPI: 36.32
Rank: 314
1908 - 1994
HPI: 35.47
Rank: 315
1916 - 1994
HPI: 35.45
Rank: 316
1920 - 1994
HPI: 35.37
Rank: 317
1967 - 1994
HPI: 34.60
Rank: 318
Among people born in United States, Gretchen Fraser ranks 12,233 out of 18,182. Before her are John Hickenlooper (1952), Kerry Kennedy (1959), Timothy Kopra (1963), Mamie Gummer (1983), Wings Hauser (1947), and Serena Auñón-Chancellor (1976). After her are Henry Cejudo (1987), Joan Benoit (1957), Liza Koshy (1996), Vanessa Carlton (1980), Mary Ellen Weber (1962), and Jake Abel (1987).
1952 - Present
HPI: 37.68
Rank: 12,227
1959 - Present
HPI: 37.68
Rank: 12,228
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.67
Rank: 12,229
1983 - Present
HPI: 37.67
Rank: 12,230
1947 - Present
HPI: 37.67
Rank: 12,231
1976 - Present
HPI: 37.67
Rank: 12,232
1919 - 1994
HPI: 37.67
Rank: 12,233
1987 - Present
HPI: 37.67
Rank: 12,234
1957 - Present
HPI: 37.67
Rank: 12,235
1996 - Present
HPI: 37.67
Rank: 12,236
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.67
Rank: 12,237
1962 - Present
HPI: 37.66
Rank: 12,238
1987 - Present
HPI: 37.66
Rank: 12,239
Among skiers born in United States, Gretchen Fraser ranks 5. Before her are Lindsey Vonn (1984), Phil Mahre (1957), Bode Miller (1977), and Mikaela Shiffrin (1995). After her are Andrea Mead Lawrence (1932), Barbara Cochran (1951), Julia Mancuso (1984), Vic Wild (1986), Bill Johnson (1960), Ted Ligety (1984), and Tamara McKinney (1962).
1984 - Present
HPI: 44.58
Rank: 1
1957 - Present
HPI: 43.22
Rank: 2
1977 - Present
HPI: 41.97
Rank: 3
1995 - Present
HPI: 40.21
Rank: 4
1919 - 1994
HPI: 37.67
Rank: 5
1932 - 2009
HPI: 36.13
Rank: 6
1951 - Present
HPI: 36.06
Rank: 7
1984 - Present
HPI: 35.97
Rank: 8
1986 - Present
HPI: 35.07
Rank: 9
1960 - 2016
HPI: 34.86
Rank: 10
1984 - Present
HPI: 33.91
Rank: 11
1962 - Present
HPI: 32.91
Rank: 12