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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 384,015 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Jean-Claude Killy is the 4th most popular skier, the 1,869th most popular biography from France (down from 1,572nd in 2019) and the most popular French Skier.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Jean-Claude Killy ranks 4 out of 540. Before him are Ingemar Stenmark, Matti Nykänen, and Toni Sailer. After him are Eddie the Eagle, Sixten Jernberg, Birger Ruud, Bjørn Dæhlie, Alberto Tomba, Erik Schinegger, Jiří Raška, and Christl Cranz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Jean-Claude Killy ranks 122. Before him are Barış Manço, Jacques Dutronc, Tobe Hooper, Barry Manilow, R. L. Stine, and Paul Wolfowitz. After him are Richard Smalley, Barbara Bouchet, Mario J. Molina, Leonardo Sandri, Michael Spence, and Blythe Danner.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Claude Killy ranks 1,869 out of 5,234. Before him are Jacques Chaban-Delmas (1915), Pierre Varignon (1654), Amédée Ozenfant (1886), Jan Asselijn (1610), Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (1489), and Luis Federico Leloir (1906). After him are Jacques Copeau (1879), Sophie Blanchard (1778), Adémar de Chabannes (989), Cécile Aubry (1928), Philippe de Broca (1933), and Jacques Cazotte (1719).

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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), Léo Lacroix (1937), Christine Goitschel (1944), Régine Cavagnoud (1970), Luc Alphand (1965), Perrine Pelen (1960), Carole Merle (1964), Franck Piccard (1965), Alexis Pinturault (1991), and Jean-Luc Crétier (1966).

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