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Jean-Claude Killy

1943 - Today

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Jean-Claude Killy (born 30 August 1943) is a French former World Cup alpine ski racer. He dominated the sport in the late 1960s, and was a triple Olympic champion, winning the three alpine events at the 1968 Winter Olympics, becoming the most successful athlete there. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Claude Killy has received more than 503,374 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Jean-Claude Killy is the most popular skier (up from 4th in 2019), the 903rd most popular biography from France (up from 1,379th in 2019) and the most popular French Skier.

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  • 500k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Jean-Claude Killy ranks 1 out of 817. After him are Ingemar Stenmark, Matti Nykänen, Toni Sailer, Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Bjørn Dæhlie, Alberto Tomba, Anne Jahren, Franz Klammer, Birger Ruud, Eddie the Eagle, and Jiří Raška.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Jean-Claude Killy ranks 59. Before him are Andreas Baader, Terrence Malick, Peter Zumthor, Mohammed Badie, Betty Williams, and Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson. After him are Ralph M. Steinman, Antonio Tabucchi, Masaru Emoto, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Esma Redžepova, and Neale Donald Walsch.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Claude Killy ranks 903 out of 6,770. Before him are Richard I of Normandy (933), Jean Giraud (1938), Paul Delaroche (1797), Louis-Jules Trochu (1815), John I of Aragon (1350), and Edgar Morin (1921). After him are Claude Lelouch (1937), Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657), Joan the Lame (1293), René Clément (1913), Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy (1143), and Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772).

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Among SKIERS In France

Among skiers born in France, Jean-Claude Killy ranks 1. After him are Émile Allais (1912), Marielle Goitschel (1945), Henri Oreiller (1925), Christine Goitschel (1944), François Bonlieu (1937), Luc Alphand (1965), Léo Lacroix (1937), Perrine Pelen (1960), Annie Famose (1944), Michèle Jacot (1952), and Régine Cavagnoud (1970).

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