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Sjoukje Dijkstra

1942 - 2024

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Sjoukje Rosalinde Dijkstra (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɕʌukjə ˈdɛikstraː]; 28 January 1942 – 2 May 2024) was a Dutch competitive figure skater. She was the 1964 Olympic champion in ladies' singles, the 1960 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World champion (1962–1964), five-time European champion (1960–1964), and the six-time Dutch national champion (1959–1964). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sjoukje Dijkstra has received more than 92,816 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Sjoukje Dijkstra is the 16th most popular skater (up from 17th in 2019), the 519th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 453rd in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Skater.

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  • 52.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Sjoukje Dijkstra ranks 16 out of 483. Before her are Ondrej Nepela, Ivar Ballangrud, Ludmila Belousova, Karl Schäfer, Hjalmar Andersen, and Ethel Muckelt. After her are Fred Anton Maier, Debbi Wilkes, Magda Julin, Roald Aas, Helene Engelmann, and Alain Calmat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Sjoukje Dijkstra ranks 278. Before her are Gary Kildall, Jackie Oliver, Margarita Terekhova, Hannes Löhr, Federico Lombardi, and Guy Edwards. After her are Susana Vieira, Gianfranco Ravasi, Yevhen Rudakov, Hans-Rudolf Merz, Yevgeny Shaposhnikov, and Dee Dee Warwick. Among people deceased in 2024, Sjoukje Dijkstra ranks 190. Before her are Abdulah Sidran, Neophyte of Bulgaria, Dabney Coleman, Niels Arestrup, Vasile Dîba, and Yvonne Furneaux. After her are Kees Rijvers, Rebecca Horn, Kelvin Felix, Chita Rivera, Gediminas Kirkilas, and Jean Petit.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Sjoukje Dijkstra ranks 519 out of 1,646. Before her are Jacob Israël de Haan (1881), Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde (1873), Sigrid Kaag (1961), Carice van Houten (1976), Simeon ten Holt (1923), and Adriaen Coorte (1665). After her are Ernesto Hoost (1965), Wiel Coerver (1924), Kees Rijvers (1926), Balthasar Bekker (1634), Martin Koeman (1938), and Gerrie Mühren (1946).

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Among SKATERS In Netherlands

Among skaters born in Netherlands, Sjoukje Dijkstra ranks 1. After her are Ard Schenk (1944), Stien Kaiser (1938), Wim van der Voort (1923), Kees Verkerk (1942), Kees Broekman (1927), Petra Burka (1946), Ans Schut (1944), Annie Borckink (1951), Carry Geijssen (1947), Ireen Wüst (1986), and Sven Kramer (1986).

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