New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

SKATER

Nils van der Poel

1996 - Today

Photo of Nils van der Poel

Icon of person Nils van der Poel

Nils Göran van der Poel (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈnɪls fan dɛ(r) ˈpʰuːl]; born 25 April 1996) is a Swedish speed skater who is the current World and Olympic record holder and reigning World and Olympic champion in the 5,000 m event and the 10,000 m event.Van der Poel won the 2014 World Junior Championships in Bjugn, Norway. He finished 14th in the men's 5000 metres at the 2018 Winter Olympics. On 2 June 2018, it was announced that he would take a break from speed skating. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nils van der Poel has received more than 248,448 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Nils van der Poel is the 164th most popular skater, the 1,051st most popular biography from Sweden and the 8th most popular Swedish Skater.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Nils van der Poels by language


Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Nils van der Poel ranks 164 out of 315. Before him are Bam Margera, Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich, Shizuka Arakawa, Gabriella Papadakis, Dorothy Hamill, and Kamila Valieva. After him are Maribel Vinson, Ken Henry, Oksana Grishuk, Theresa Weld, Brian Boitano, and Nathan Chen.

Most Popular Skaters in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1996, Nils van der Poel ranks 60. Before him are Lucas Torreira, Birdy, Connor Swindells, Normani, Momo Hirai, and Lili Reinhart. After him are Katherine Langford, Abdou Diallo, Raphinha, Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, Lorenzo Pellegrini, and Andreas Pereira.

Others Born in 1996

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Nils van der Poel ranks 1,051 out of 1,612. Before him are Magnus Andersson (1966), Dejan Kulusevski (2000), Tomas Jonsson (1960), Malik Bendjelloul (1977), Hans Mild (1934), and Teddy Lučić (1973). After him are Andreas Johnson (1970), Jesper Strömblad (1972), Albin Ekdal (1989), Isabella Lövin (1963), Bengt-Åke Gustafsson (1958), and Elsa Hosk (1988).

Others born in Sweden

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among SKATERS In Sweden

Among skaters born in Sweden, Nils van der Poel ranks 8. Before him are Richard Johansson (1882), Per Thorén (1885), Åke Seyffarth (1919), Jonny Nilsson (1943), Sigvard Ericsson (1930), and Göran Claeson (1945).

Swedish born Skaters

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Twitter Activity

  • DatawheelCL