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Sarah Burke

1982 - 2012

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Sarah Jean Burke (September 3, 1982 – January 19, 2012) was a Canadian freestyle skier who was a pioneer of the superpipe event. She was a five-time Winter X Games gold medallist, and won the world championship in the halfpipe in 2005. She successfully lobbied the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to have the event added to the Olympic program for the 2014 Winter Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sarah Burke has received more than 689,312 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Sarah Burke is the 4,350th most popular athlete (down from 2,712th in 2019), the 1,205th most popular biography from Canada (down from 984th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular Canadian Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 690k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Sarah Burke ranks 4,350 out of 6,025. Before her are Klemen Bauer, Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai, Libor Charfreitag, Joanna Hayes, Anna Magnusson, and Letícia Bufoni. After her are Mary Onyali-Omagbemi, Andy Díaz, Giulia Quintavalle, Yelena Prokhorova, Falilat Ogunkoya, and Botond Storcz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Sarah Burke ranks 918. Before her are Simona Krupeckaitė, Alexandre Prémat, Albert Crusat, Denni Rocha dos Santos, David Bellion, and Jarkko Immonen. After her are Damien Sandow, Bobi Wine, Markus Rogan, Sebastian Armesto, Hanna Mariën, and Mason Ryan. Among people deceased in 2012, Sarah Burke ranks 520. Before her are Samia Yusuf Omar, Ajmal Kasab, Jorge Andrés Boero, Andrew Breitbart, Jaspal Bhatti, and Tony Greig. After her are Doris Singleton, Ghazala Javed, Mark Lenzi, Alan McDonald, Gary Ablett, and Rémi Ochlik.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Sarah Burke ranks 1,205 out of 1,622. Before her are Laura Brown (1986), Andy Anderson (null), Anita Sarkeesian (1983), José Théodore (1976), Carling Bassett-Seguso (1967), and Dustin Milligan (1985). After her are John Kucera (1984), Noah Mills (1983), Laura Mennell (1980), Emily St. John Mandel (1979), Kevin McKenna (1980), and Eric Staal (1984).

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Among ATHLETES In Canada

Among athletes born in Canada, Sarah Burke ranks 93. Before her are Jon Beare (1974), Tara Davis-Woodhall (1999), Derek Drouin (1990), Duff Gibson (1966), Andy Anderson (null), and José Théodore (1976). After her are Lynn Williams (null), Melissa Humana-Paredes (1992), Pierce LePage (1996), Damian Warner (1989), Angela Chalmers (1963), and Kaillie Humphries (1985).

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