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Ole Einar Bjørndalen

1974 - Today

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Ole Einar Bjørndalen (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈûːɽə ˈæ̂ɪnɑr ˈbjø̂ːɳˌɖɑːɫn̩]; born 27 January 1974) is a retired Norwegian professional biathlete and coach, often referred to by the nickname, the "King of Biathlon". With 13 Winter Olympic Games medals, he is second on the list of multiple medalists behind Marit Bjørgen who has won 15 medals. He is also the most successful biathlete of all time at the Biathlon World Championships, having won 45 medals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ole Einar Bjørndalen has received more than 694,045 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Ole Einar Bjørndalen is the 52nd most popular athlete (up from 58th in 2019), the 100th most popular biography from Norway (up from 103rd in 2019) and the most popular Norwegian Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 690k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 56

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ole Einar Bjørndalens by language

Over the past year Ole Einar Bjørndalen has had the most page views in the with 94,458 views, followed by German (68,541), and English (44,118). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Norwegian (Nynorsk) (271.43%), Occitan (84.62%), and Ukrainian (44.21%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ole Einar Bjørndalen ranks 52 out of 6,025. Before him are Archie Hahn, Sohn Kee-chung, Tommie Smith, Coroebus of Elis, Alvin Kraenzlein, and Gustavo Marzi. After him are Valeriy Brumel, Jim Hines, Betty Robinson, Walter Schröder, Wilma Rudolph, and Yuriy Sedykh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Ole Einar Bjørndalen ranks 20. Before him are Alexis Tsipras, Camilla Läckberg, Vincenzo Montella, Zé Roberto, Paul Scholes, and Jenna Jameson. After him are Hilary Swank, Olivia Colman, Itziar Ituño, Bear Grylls, Masashi Kishimoto, and Sharon den Adel.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Ole Einar Bjørndalen ranks 100 out of 1,039. Before him are Theodor Kittelsen (1857), Eiríkr Hákonarson (957), Magnus, Duke of Saxony (1042), Atle Selberg (1917), Magnus II of Norway (1048), and Herbjørg Wassmo (1942). After him are May-Britt Moser (1963), Sigurd II of Norway (1133), Kirsten Flagstad (1895), Trygve Bratteli (1910), Stein Rokkan (1921), and Varg Vikernes (1973).

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Among ATHLETES In Norway

Among athletes born in Norway, Ole Einar Bjørndalen ranks 1. After him are Egil Danielsen (1933), Berit Mørdre (1940), Ole Ellefsæter (1939), Johan Grøttumsbråten (1899), Helge Løvland (1890), Harald Grønningen (1934), Pål Tyldum (1942), Magnar Solberg (1937), Steinar Amundsen (1945), Hallgeir Brenden (1929), and Grete Waitz (1953).

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