SKATER

Ondrej Nepela

1951 - 1989

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Ondrej Nepela (22 January 1951 – 2 February 1989) was a Slovak figure skater who represented Czechoslovakia. He was the 1972 Olympic champion, a three-time World champion (1971–1973), and a five-time European champion (1969–1973). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ondrej Nepela has received more than 164,025 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Ondrej Nepela is the 10th most popular skater (down from 9th in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from Slovakia (down from 61st in 2019) and the most popular Slovak Skater.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Ondrej Nepela ranks 10 out of 483Before him are Ulrich Salchow, Axel Paulsen, Tonya Harding, Clas Thunberg, Katarina Witt, and Gillis Grafström. After him are Ivar Ballangrud, Ludmila Belousova, Karl Schäfer, Hjalmar Andersen, Ethel Muckelt, and Sjoukje Dijkstra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Ondrej Nepela ranks 129Before him are Markku Alén, Antonis Samaras, K. K. Downing, Jeanette, Ramón Calderón, and Musa Manarov. After him are Jan Timman, Ahron Daum, Ace Frehley, Bob Iger, Jesse Ventura, and Sydne Rome. Among people deceased in 1989, Ondrej Nepela ranks 98Before him are Barbara W. Tuchman, Franz Binder, Sergei Sobolev, Carlos Puebla, René Moawad, and Ahmed Abdallah. After him are Charles Vanel, Anthony Quayle, André Cayatte, Zinka Milanov, Mel Blanc, and Edward Ochab.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Ondrej Nepela ranks 68 out of 418Before him are Vladimír Clementis (1902), Jan Kupecký (1667), Ányos Jedlik (1800), Ľudovít Fulla (1902), Karol Dobiaš (1947), and Alexander Mach (1902). After him are Johann Andreas Segner (1704), Léopold Szondi (1893), Bálint Balassi (1554), Juraj Jakubisko (1938), Štefan Tiso (1897), and Jozef Vengloš (1936).

Among SKATERS In Slovakia

Among skaters born in Slovakia, Ondrej Nepela ranks 1After him are Jozef Sabovčík (1963).