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Peggy Fleming

1948 - Today

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Peggy Gale Fleming (born July 27, 1948) is a retired American figure skater. She is the 1968 Winter Olympic Champion in the ladies' singles, being the only American gold medalist at these Games, and a three-time World Champion (1966–1968) in the same event. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peggy Fleming has received more than 870,920 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Peggy Fleming is the 75th most popular skater (up from 112th in 2019), the 7,540th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,649th in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Skater.

Memorability Metrics

  • 870k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Peggy Fleming ranks 75 out of 483. Before her are Oleg Goncharenko, Eva Pawlik, Denise Biellmann, Kurt Oppelt, Felix Kaspar, and Helga Haase. After her are James H. Johnson, Marika Kilius, Nikolai Panin, Jacqueline du Bief, Stien Kaiser, and Ria Baran.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Peggy Fleming ranks 493. Before her are Edzard Ernst, Itzhak Shum, Yevhen Arzhanov, Goodwill Zwelithini, Cornel Dinu, and George Wendt. After her are Robert Tarjan, Errol Brown, Charles Maung Bo, Glenn Branca, Richard Riehle, and Damir Šolman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peggy Fleming ranks 7,540 out of 20,380. Before her are George Wendt (1948), Duane Eddy (1938), Bill Farmer (1952), Brittany Andrews (1973), Colin Hanks (1977), and Susan Kare (1954). After her are Christy Canyon (1966), Arlo Guthrie (1947), Bobby Timmons (1935), Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849), Dwyane Wade (1982), and John Fitch (1743).

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Among SKATERS In United States

Among skaters born in United States, Peggy Fleming ranks 6. Before her are Tonya Harding (1970), Tony Hawk (1968), Eric Heiden (1958), Nancy Kerrigan (1969), and Charles Jewtraw (1900). After her are Terry McDermott (1940), Tenley Albright (1935), David Jenkins (1936), Carol Heiss (1940), Ken Henry (1929), and Jeanne Ashworth (1938).

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