SKATER

Kees Broekman

1927 - 1992

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Cornelis "Kees" Broekman (2 July 1927 – 8 November 1992) was a Dutch speed skater. At the 1952 Olympics in Oslo Broekman was silver medalist on both the 5000 meter and the 10000 meter, the first ever Winter Olympic medals for the Netherlands. He won a silver medal at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men 1949, and became European champion 1953.In the 1950s Broekman moved to Norway, where he competed until the 1960 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kees Broekman has received more than 13,170 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Kees Broekman is the 123rd most popular skater (up from 148th in 2019), the 933rd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 887th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Dutch Skater.

Memorability Metrics

  • 13k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Kees Broekmen by language

Over the past year Kees Broekman has had the most page views in the with 2,002 views, followed by English (1,184), and Arabic (789). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Persian (75.96%), Finnish (65.32%), and Norwegian (Nynorsk) (44.71%)

Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Kees Broekman ranks 123 out of 483. Before him are Kira Ivanova, Regine Heitzer, Ken Henry, Yuna Kim, Manfred Schnelldorfer, and Jeanne Ashworth. After him are Carolina Kostner, Petra Burka, Valentina Stenina, Johnny Höglin, Paul Falk, and Ans Schut.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Kees Broekman ranks 410. Before him are Dorothy Manley, Alvin Sargent, Rolf Landauer, Carmen Zapata, François Nourissier, and Chris Connor. After him are Tibor Csík, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Tatyana Zaslavskaya, W. S. Merwin, Johnnie Ray, and Red Mitchell. Among people deceased in 1992, Kees Broekman ranks 241. Before him are George Adams, Albert Agarunov, Sterling Holloway, László Rajcsányi, Bertalan Papp, and Robert Marshak. After him are Eddie Hazel, Art Babbitt, Peter Hirt, Red Mitchell, Tamara Lazakovich, and Ian Wolfe.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Kees Broekman ranks 933 out of 1,646. Before him are Charles Pahud de Mortanges (1896), John Metgod (1958), Mounir El Hamdaoui (1984), Ian Buruma (1951), Frans Thijssen (1952), and Christijan Albers (1979). After him are Caro Emerald (1981), Petra Burka (1946), Theo de Meester (1851), Roelof Wunderink (1948), Mauk Weber (1914), and Gejus van der Meulen (1903).

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Among SKATERS In Netherlands

Among skaters born in Netherlands, Kees Broekman ranks 6. Before him are Sjoukje Dijkstra (1942), Ard Schenk (1944), Stien Kaiser (1938), Wim van der Voort (1923), and Kees Verkerk (1942). After him are Petra Burka (1946), Ans Schut (1944), Annie Borckink (1951), Carry Geijssen (1947), Ireen Wüst (1986), and Sven Kramer (1986).

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