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Jean-Luc Brassard

1972 - Today

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Jean-Luc Brassard (born August 24, 1972) is a Canadian freestyle skier who won the gold medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics. Brassard has been credited with popularizing the wearing of bright knee pads to show off absorption and leg position for mogul skiers to best show judges how smoothly the athlete is taking the turns. He was born in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Luc Brassard has received more than 64,946 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Luc Brassard is the 3,570th most popular athlete (down from 2,032nd in 2019), the 1,090th most popular biography from Canada (down from 809th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular Canadian Athlete.

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  • 2.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jean-Luc Brassard ranks 3,570 out of 6,025Before him are Albina Akhatova, Gintarė Scheidt, Alexei Aidarov, Adam Kszczot, Edvinas Krungolcas, and Tayna Lawrence. After him are Deepa Malik, Paula Pareto, Tonique Williams-Darling, Mohamed Suleiman, Maryna Arzamasova, and Meseret Defar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Jean-Luc Brassard ranks 913Before him are Alexei Zhitnik, Davor Ivo Stier, Marcos Aurélio Galeano, Alain Gomis, Craig Thomson, and Valdeci Basílio da Silva. After him are Mukhtar Mai, Yang Yong-eun, Jeremy London, Reza Shahroudi, Maxsandro Barbosa de Oliveira, and Vidar Riseth.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Jean-Luc Brassard ranks 1,090 out of 1,622Before him are Alice Glass (1988), Brandon Jay McLaren (1981), Carly Pope (1980), Michael Woods (1986), Kevin Pangos (1993), and Pierre Turgeon (1969). After him are Évelyne Brochu (1983), Brittany Phelan (1991), Erin Karpluk (1978), Cameron Britton (1986), Vanessa Morgan (1992), and Cara Gee (1983).

Among ATHLETES In Canada

Among athletes born in Canada, Jean-Luc Brassard ranks 73Before him are Grant Main (1960), Marc-André Fleury (1984), Scott Moir (1987), Caroline Ouellette (1979), Shannon Crawford (1963), and Jarome Iginla (1977). After him are Kathleen Heddle (1965), Andre De Grasse (1994), Megan Delehanty (1968), Jasey-Jay Anderson (1975), Simon Whitfield (1975), and Caroline Brunet (1969).