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Karine Ruby

1978 - 2009

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Karine Ruby (4 January 1978 in Bonneville, Haute-Savoie – 29 May 2009) was a French snowboarder and Olympic champion. She won two medals at the Winter Olympics, with a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, and a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. She also earned six gold medals and four silver medals at the FIS Snowboard World Championships, and 67 wins and 122 podiums at the FIS Snowboard World Cup, which earned her the description by The New York Times as "the most decorated female snowboarder in the world".Ruby won the giant slalom event in the snowboarding competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics held in Nagano, Japan, overcoming severe weather conditions to win the first Olympic gold medal awarded in the event to a woman. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karine Ruby has received more than 49,522 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Karine Ruby is the 3,160th most popular athlete (down from 2,355th in 2019), the 5,811th most popular biography from France (down from 5,307th in 2019) and the 142nd most popular French Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 34.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Karine Rubies by language

Over the past year Karine Ruby has had the most page views in the with 14,333 views, followed by English (4,140), and Chinese (1,121). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (132.02%), Arabic (86.57%), and Franco-Provençal (79.30%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Karine Ruby ranks 3,160 out of 6,025. Before her are Nellie Halstead, Matthew Birir, Kimmo Kinnunen, Jean-Christophe Rolland, Peter Rono, and Jean Pickering. After her are Mark Kirchner, Anca Tănase, Hagen Melzer, Patrícia Mamona, Hrysopiyi Devetzi, and Urszula Kielan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Karine Ruby ranks 637. Before her are Egoi Martínez, Vladimir Voltchkov, JJ Feild, Pavol Hurajt, Laurence Fox, and Nicolás Olivera. After her are Greg Sestero, Darius Songaila, Ricky Hatton, Riteish Deshmukh, Christophe Rochus, and Tony Yayo. Among people deceased in 2009, Karine Ruby ranks 424. Before her are Marian Cozma, Vic Chesnutt, Robert Anderson, Abrar Alvi, Cahal Daly, and Kamila Skolimowska. After her are Jocelyn Quivrin, Test, Don Hewitt, Fernando Cornejo, Paula Hawkins, and Claiborne Pell.

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In France

Among people born in France, Karine Ruby ranks 5,811 out of 6,770. Before her are Ladj Ly (1980), Alexis Vastine (1986), Judith Chemla (1984), Damien Perquis (1984), Catherine Fleury-Vachon (1966), and Jean-Christophe Rolland (1968). After her are Cécile Duflot (1975), Frédéric Leclercq (1978), Cyril Théréau (1983), Benjamin Toniutti (1989), Loïc Duval (1982), and Lucas Tousart (1997).

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Among ATHLETES In France

Among athletes born in France, Karine Ruby ranks 142. Before her are Julia Simon (1996), Kevin Mayer (1992), Jean Galfione (1971), Sandrine Bailly (1979), Sylvain Guillaume (1968), and Jean-Christophe Rolland (1968). After her are Corinne Niogret (1972), Thierry Gueorgiou (1979), Stéphane Traineau (1966), Fabrice Guy (1968), Patrice Lhotellier (1966), and Sophie Moressée-Pichot (1962).

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