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Sandra Schmirler

1963 - 2000

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Sandra Marie Schmirler (June 11, 1963 – March 2, 2000) was a Canadian curler who captured three Canadian Curling Championships (Scott Tournament of Hearts) and three World Curling Championships. Schmirler also skipped (captained) her Canadian team to a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics, the first year women's curling was a medal sport. At tournaments where she was not competing, Schmirler sometimes worked as a commentator for CBC Sports, which popularized her nickname "Schmirler the Curler" and claimed she was the only person who had a name that rhymed with the sport she played. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sandra Schmirler has received more than 329,480 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Sandra Schmirler is the 5,665th most popular athlete (down from 3,338th in 2019), the 1,395th most popular biography from Canada (down from 1,109th in 2019) and the 117th most popular Canadian Athlete.

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  • 35.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Sandra Schmirler ranks 5,665 out of 6,025. Before her are Zhou Qian, Majd Eddin Ghazal, Joana Ramos, Diyorbek Urozboev, Jiří Šimánek, and Mykhailo Havryliuk. After her are Trecia-Kaye Smith, Wang Jianan, Hannes Aigner, Lee Ho Ching, Mariusz Jurkiewicz, and Femi Ogunode.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Sandra Schmirler ranks 959. Before her are Alan McDonald, Tracie Ruiz, Brad Henry, Simon Armitage, Gus Bilirakis, and Mark Kermode. After her are Raymond Stevens, Mark Rowland, Keith Curle, and Savate Sresthaporn. Among people deceased in 2000, Sandra Schmirler ranks 385. Before her are Mel Carnahan, Usha Kiran, Alan Cranston, Monster of Florence, Judith Wright, and Federico Gil. After her is Joseph Weber.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Sandra Schmirler ranks 1,395 out of 1,622. Before her are Devon Kershaw (1982), Kris Draper (1971), Sarah Grey (1996), Sean Avery (1980), Olivier Jean (1984), and Lilly Singh (1988). After her are Trevor Devall (1972), Joe Dinicol (1983), Antoine Valois-Fortier (1990), Dale Begg-Smith (1985), Tye Dillinger (1981), and Duncan Keith (1983).

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Among ATHLETES In Canada

Among athletes born in Canada, Sandra Schmirler ranks 117. Before her are Dion Phaneuf (1985), Meghan Agosta (1987), Jiří Prskavec (null), Jill Scott (null), Norah Jeruto (1995), and Darcy Marquardt (1979). After her are Dale Begg-Smith (1985), Alex Gough (1987), Maëlle Ricker (1978), Denny Morrison (1985), Aaron Brown (1992), and Mark de Jonge (1984).

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