HOCKEY PLAYER

René Fasel

1950 - Today

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René Fasel (born 6 February 1950) is a Swiss-Russian retired ice hockey administrator. He served as president of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) from 1994 to 2021. He started his ice hockey career as a player for HC Fribourg-Gottéron, in 1960, and became a referee in 1972. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of René Fasel has received more than 95,795 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. René Fasel is the 25th most popular hockey player (down from 10th in 2019), the 516th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 309th in 2019) and the most popular Swiss Hockey Player.

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  • 54.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, René Fasel ranks 25 out of 676. Before him are Bobby Orr, Jiří Holík, Jari Kurri, Igor Larionov, Roman Čechmánek, and Guy Lafleur. After him are Viktor Konovalenko, Vladimír Martinec, Bibi Torriani, Alexander Yakushev, Karel Hartmann, and Oldřich Machač.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, René Fasel ranks 381. Before him are Mariya Petkova, Paolo Pulici, Anna Jantar, Mauro Bellugi, John Paul Young, and Lee Wan-koo. After him are Nikica Valentić, Carlos Aguiar Retes, Kazimierz Nycz, Shota Chochishvili, Keiko Takemiya, and Rowan Williams.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, René Fasel ranks 516 out of 1,015. Before him are Patrick Moraz (1948), Franz von Werra (1914), Albert Gallatin (1761), Renée Colliard (1933), Gaudenzio Marconi (1841), and Ciriaco Sforza (1970). After him are Max Miedinger (1910), Johannes Baumann (1874), Michelle Hunziker (1977), Bernard Fellay (1958), Elizabeth Thompson (1846), and Alain Geiger (1960).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Switzerland

Among hockey players born in Switzerland, René Fasel ranks 1. After him are Bibi Torriani (1911), Andres Ambühl (1983), Martin Gerber (1974), Mark Streit (1977), David Aebischer (1978), Jonas Hiller (1982), Roman Josi (1990), Raphael Diaz (1986), Sven Andrighetto (1993), Yannick Weber (1988), and Nino Niederreiter (1992).

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