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Ivan Patzaichin

1949 - 2021

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Ivan Patzaichin (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈvan paˈt͡sajkin]; 26 November 1949 – 5 September 2021) was a Romanian canoe racing coach and sprint canoeist. He took part in all major competitions between 1968 and 1984, including five consecutive Olympics, and won seven Olympic and 22 world championship medals, including four Olympic gold medals. This makes him the most decorated Romanian canoeist of all time.He later worked as a canoeing coach, attending five more Olympics in this capacity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ivan Patzaichin has received more than 133,188 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Ivan Patzaichin is the 211th most popular athlete (down from 40th in 2019), the 241st most popular biography from Romania (down from 109th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Romanian Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

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  • 52.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Ivan Patzaichin has had the most page views in the with 24,401 views, followed by English (13,079), and Russian (3,163). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Kazakh (54.36%), Simple English (53.08%), and Finnish (52.74%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ivan Patzaichin ranks 211 out of 6,025. Before him are Charlie Logg, Jüri Tarmak, Nils von Kantzow, Samuel Jones, Nasser Al-Attiyah, and Dorian Yates. After him are Nándor Dáni, John Paine, Carl Diem, Karin Balzer, Otto Herschmann, and Natalya Lisovskaya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Ivan Patzaichin ranks 268. Before him are Lawrence Kasdan, Arturo Sandoval, Hennie Kuiper, Herman Rarebell, Bertalan Farkas, and Michael Brecker. After him are Bernhard Cullmann, Åse Kleveland, Eric Carmen, William Forsythe, Tommy Mottola, and Arno. Among people deceased in 2021, Ivan Patzaichin ranks 244. Before him are Ali Mahdi Muhammad, Nino Vaccarella, Roberto Calasso, Yitzhak Arad, Yvon Douis, and Carla Fracci. After him are Helmut Jahn, Gunilla Bergström, Edmund Gettier, Yukhym Zvyahilsky, Henri Schwery, and B. J. Thomas.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Ivan Patzaichin ranks 241 out of 844. Before him are Răzvan Lucescu (1969), Kálmán Tisza (1830), Olga Szabó-Orbán (1938), István Avar (1905), Sebastian Stan (1982), and Ecaterina Teodoroiu (1894). After him are Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu (1952), Petrache Poenaru (1799), Ileana Cotrubaș (1939), Sándor Veress (1907), Ștefan Barbu (1908), and Basarab the Old (null).

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Among ATHLETES In Romania

Among athletes born in Romania, Ivan Patzaichin ranks 3. Before him are Iolanda Balaș (1936), and Vasile Dîba (1954). After him are Argentina Menis (1948), Mihaela Peneș (1947), Nicolae Neagoe (1941), Dimitrie Popescu (1961), Doina Melinte (1956), István Somodi (1885), Maricica Puică (1950), Gheorghe Berceanu (1949), and Lajos Steiner (1903).

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