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Michelle Kwan

1980 - Today

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Michelle Wingshan Kwan (born July 7, 1980) is a retired American competitive figure skater and diplomat who had served as United States Ambassador to Belize. In figure skating Kwan is a two-time Olympic medalist (silver in 1998, bronze in 2002), a five-time world champion (1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003) and a nine-time U.S. champion (1996, 1998–2005). She is tied with Maribel Vinson for the all-time National Championship record. She competed at the senior level for over a decade and is the most decorated figure skater in U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michelle Kwan has received more than 4,209,050 page views. Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Michelle Kwan is the 214th most popular skater (down from 174th in 2019), the 14,382nd most popular biography from United States (down from 11,324th in 2019) and the 28th most popular American Skater.

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  • 45.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Michelle Kwan ranks 214 out of 483. Before her are Martina Sáblíková, Geir Karlstad, Maria Butyrskaya, Eric Flaim, Kamila Valieva, and Sasha Cohen. After her are Artur Dmitriev, Dianne Holum, Ye Qiaobo, Maxim Marinin, Chad Hedrick, and Ådne Søndrål.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Michelle Kwan ranks 417. Before her are Jeanette Biedermann, K.Maro, Nikolai Durov, Max Greenfield, Jasmin Wagner, and Matthew Amoah. After her are Adiel de Oliveira Amorim, Gustav Larsson, Wael Ghonim, Ryan Miller, Mustafa Ceceli, and Zaho.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michelle Kwan ranks 14,382 out of 20,380. Before her are Thomas Nelson Jr. (1738), Marina Squerciati (1984), Bridget Marquardt (1973), Debbi Morgan (1956), Frank Mir (1979), and Bill Frist (1952). After her are Kenneth D. Cameron (1949), Sally O'Neil (1908), Larry Norman (1947), Alphonso Ford (1971), Amar'e Stoudemire (1982), and Adam DeVine (1983).

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Among SKATERS In United States

Among skaters born in United States, Michelle Kwan ranks 28. Before her are Bonnie Blair (1964), Brian Boitano (1963), Theresa Weld (1893), James Grogan (1931), Eric Flaim (1967), and Sasha Cohen (1984). After her are Dianne Holum (1951), Chad Hedrick (1977), Scott Hamilton (1958), Kristi Yamaguchi (1971), Shani Davis (1982), and Dan Jansen (1965).

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