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Gretchen Fraser

1919 - 1994

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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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  • 37.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Gretchen Fraser ranks 248 out of 541Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Gretchen Fraser ranks 311Before 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 312Before 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.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gretchen Fraser ranks 12,233 out of 18,182Before 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).

Among SKIERS In United States

Among skiers born in United States, Gretchen Fraser ranks 5Before 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).