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Olaf Zinke

1966 - Today

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Olaf Zinke (born 9 October 1966) is a former speed skater. Zinke specialised in the 1,000 metres and 1,500 metres distances. In 1990, at a World Cup race in Helsinki he proved his skill at top level for the first time, finishing first in the 1,500 metres leaving Johann Olav Koss and Michael Hadschieff behind him, and the next day he won the 1,000 metres by outpacing Dan Jansen and Eric Flaim. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Olaf Zinke has received more than 11,104 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Olaf Zinke is the 268th most popular skater (down from 257th in 2019), the 6,330th most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,351st in 2019) and the 29th most popular German Skater.

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  • 34.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Olaf Zinke ranks 268 out of 483. Before him are Leo Visser, Patrick Chan, Tessa Virtue, Bob de Jong, Rintje Ritsma, and Olivier Schoenfelder. After him are Francesca Lollobrigida, Marc Gagnon, Nils van der Poel, Pang Qing, Luca Lanotte, and Hiroyasu Shimizu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Olaf Zinke ranks 748. Before him are Karin Enström, Niclas Nyhlén, Edward Shearmur, Kristina Mundt, Yasuyuki Sato, and Jaume Fort. After him are Alison Sydor, Svetlana Jitomirskaya, Sherman Alexie, Jonathan Silverman, Stéphane Traineau, and Melanie Joy.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Olaf Zinke ranks 6,330 out of 7,253. Before him are Nicole Uphoff (1967), Manja Kowalski (1976), Jennifer Ulrich (1984), Kristina Mundt (1966), Björn Otto (1977), and Hilde Gerg (1975). After him are Yunus Mallı (1992), Roberto Soriano (1991), Heidi Mohr (1967), Robin Knoche (1992), Yann Aurel Bisseck (2000), and Vladimir Vasilj (1975).

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Among SKATERS In Germany

Among skaters born in Germany, Olaf Zinke ranks 29. Before him are Jacqueline Börner (1965), Dagmar Lurz (1959), Robin Szolkowy (1979), Ingo Steuer (1966), Heike Warnicke (1966), and Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt (1968). After him are Daniela Anschütz-Thoms (1974), Tanja Szewczenko (1977), Jenny Wolf (1979), Lucille Opitz (1977), Vladimir Morozov (1992), and Katrin Mattscherodt (1981).

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