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Jon Montgomery

1979 - Today

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Jonathan Riley "Jon" Montgomery (born May 6, 1979, in Russell, Manitoba) is a Canadian skeleton racer and television host. He won the gold medal in the men's skeleton event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. Despite hosting The Amazing Race Canada since 2013, he is best known in Canada for his spontaneous celebration after winning the gold medal in 2010, when he was caught on camera being handed a pitcher of beer by a fan while a crowd surrounding him cheered and sang O Canada. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jon Montgomery has received more than 297,097 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Jon Montgomery is the 7,799th most popular athlete (down from 4,115th in 2019), the 1,651st most popular biography from Canada (down from 1,257th in 2019) and the 188th most popular Canadian Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 28.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jon Montgomery ranks 7,799 out of 6,025. Before him are Ashraf Amgad El-Seify, Samuel Tefera, Line Kloster, Laurits Follert, Stuart Sim, and Iryna Klymets. After him are Shara Proctor, Maddi Wesche, Hilary Knight, Luminosa Bogliolo, Stacey Porter, and Karyna Dziominskaya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Jon Montgomery ranks 1,352. Before him are Etienne Stott, Trevor Immelman, Yukie Nakayama, Jason Koumas, Nicky Weaver, and Emin Jafarov. After him are Ryan Malone, Ibrahim Diaw, Mehdi Ben Cheikh, Rob Hulse, Carlos Paro, and Lote Tuqiri.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Jon Montgomery ranks 1,651 out of 1,622. Before him are Mark Scheifele (1993), Mitch Marner (1997), Sean McColl (1987), Cam Fowler (1991), James Neal (1987), and Stuart Sim (1943). After him are Allysha Chapman (1989), Yuri Kisil (1995), Hilary Caldwell (1991), Mélissa Citrini-Beaulieu (1995), Andrea Proske (1986), and Melissa Bishop-Nriagu (1988).

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Among ATHLETES In Canada

Among athletes born in Canada, Jon Montgomery ranks 188. Before him are Arthur Szwarc (1995), Will Crothers (1987), Susanne Grainger (1990), Sean McColl (1987), Cam Fowler (1991), and Stuart Sim (1943). After him are Mélissa Citrini-Beaulieu (1995), Andrea Proske (1986), Melissa Bishop-Nriagu (1988), Ghislaine Landry (1988), Brad Gushue (1980), and Joel Rodríguez (null).

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