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Lizzy Yarnold

1988 - Today

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Elizabeth Anne Yarnold, OBE (born 31 October 1988) is a British former skeleton racer who joined the Great Britain national squad in 2010. With consecutive Olympic gold medals in 2014 and 2018, she is the most successful British Winter Olympian and the most successful Olympic skeleton athlete of all time from any nation. She won the 2013–14 Skeleton World Cup (only once finishing off the podium the whole season), followed by a gold in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lizzy Yarnold has received more than 493,329 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Lizzy Yarnold is the 5,151st most popular athlete (down from 4,318th in 2019), the 7,691st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,397th in 2019) and the 172nd most popular British Athlete.

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  • 36.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Lizzy Yarnold ranks 5,151 out of 6,025. Before her are Sascha Klein, Rénelle Lamote, Kim Jung-hwan, Allar Raja, Danny McFarlane, and Nicolas Gestin. After her are Leilia Adzhametova, Johannes Bitter, Matthieu Androdias, Anthony Obame, Konstanze Klosterhalfen, and Jonas Warrer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Lizzy Yarnold ranks 1,106. Before her are Rafael Muñoz, Kana Kitahara, Jaime Ayoví, Julián Arredondo, Indre Sorokaite, and Anselmo Ramon. After her are Amanda Jenssen, Anthony Obame, Lisa Ryzih, Austin Daye, Camila Brait, and Kévin Monnet-Paquet.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Lizzy Yarnold ranks 7,691 out of 8,785. Before her are David Price (1983), Samantha Lewthwaite (1983), Billy McKinlay (1969), Denise Lewis (1972), Ravel Morrison (1993), and Liz McColgan (1964). After her are Callum Ilott (1998), Megan Burns (1986), Chloe Kelly (1998), Alexandra Dowling (1990), Dave McPherson (1964), and Justine Greening (1969).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Lizzy Yarnold ranks 172. Before her are Wendy Smith-Sly (1959), Marlon Devonish (1976), Shirley Strong (1958), Alison Williamson (1971), Denise Lewis (1972), and Liz McColgan (1964). After her are Mark Richardson (1972), Nick Dempsey (1980), Phil Brown (1962), Simmone Jacobs (1966), Phillips Idowu (1978), and Steph Cook (1972).

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