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Scott Hamilton

1958 - Today

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Scott Scovell Hamilton (born August 28, 1958) is a retired American figure skater and Olympic gold medalist. He won four consecutive U.S. championships (1981–84), four consecutive World Championships (1981–84), and a gold medal in the 1984 Olympics. His signature move, the backflip, a feat few other figure skaters could perform at the time, is against U.S. Figure Skating and Olympic competition rules. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Scott Hamilton has received more than 37,808 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Scott Hamilton is the 215th most popular skater (down from 138th in 2019), the 13,008th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,101st in 2019) and the 28th most popular American Skater.

Memorability Metrics

  • 38k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Scott Hamilton ranks 215 out of 315Before him are Lara van Ruijven, Kristi Yamaguchi, Shoma Uno, Robin Cousins, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, and Dan Jansen. After him are Miki Ando, Shaoang Liu, Daisuke Takahashi, Gabi Zange, Jeremy Wotherspoon, and Rintje Ritsma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Scott Hamilton ranks 574Before him are Ginka Zagorcheva, Lenny Von Dohlen, Nadhim Shaker, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Ramona Neubert, and Ángel Acebes. After him are Karim Maroc, Ardo Hansson, Reema Lagoo, Dieter Althaus, Héctor Zelaya, and Jools Holland.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Scott Hamilton ranks 13,008 out of 18,182Before him are Mitch Kupchak (1954), Brian Michael Bendis (1967), Kenneth Faried (1989), Paige O'Hara (1956), Kelly Rohrbach (1990), and Kevin Lima (1962). After him are Nan Grey (1918), Ghostface Killah (1970), JoJo (1990), Marion Byron (1911), Bob Bennett (1933), and Steve Lewis (1969).

Among SKATERS In United States

Among skaters born in United States, Scott Hamilton ranks 28Before him are Hayes Alan Jenkins (1933), Beatrix Loughran (1900), Terry McDermott (1940), Sasha Cohen (1984), Kristi Yamaguchi (1971), and Dan Jansen (1965). After him are Bonnie Blair (1964), Chad Hedrick (1977), Tara Lipinski (1982), Shani Davis (1982), Dianne Holum (1951), and Debi Thomas (1967).