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Terry McDermott

1940 - 2023

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Richard Terrance McDermott (September 20, 1940 – May 20, 2023), nicknamed The Essexville Rocket, was an American gold and silver medal-winning Olympic speed skater. Essexville, Michigan's McDermott was a surprise winner in the 500 m at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck when he beat the favorite in that distance, two-time defending Olympic champion Yevgeny Grishin, by half a second. His coach at the time was Leo Freisinger, the 500 m bronze medal winner of the 1936 Winter Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Terry McDermott has received more than 534,616 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Terry McDermott is the 91st most popular skater (up from 191st in 2019), the 8,283rd most popular biography from United States (up from 11,785th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Skater.

Memorability Metrics

  • 530k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Terry McDermott ranks 91 out of 483. Before him are Hana Mašková, Yuzuru Hanyu, Jonny Nilsson, Kaija Mustonen, Sergei Grinkov, and Christa Luding-Rothenburger. After him are Johann Olav Koss, Tenley Albright, Wolfgang Schwarz, Barbara Ann Scott, Alexia Bryn, and Klara Guseva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Terry McDermott ranks 454. Before him are Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Friedel Rausch, Judy Amoore, Michael Herr, Jürgen Kurbjuhn, and Uma Aaltonen. After him are John Esposito, Marcel Aubour, Mariette Hartley, Apolo Nsibambi, Fred Hansen, and S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan. Among people deceased in 2023, Terry McDermott ranks 489. Before him are Lisa Loring, Ritt Bjerregaard, Sergey Tereshchenko, Frank Shu, Bob Richards, and Heath. After him are Michael Hardie Boys, Jim Gordon, Birger Jensen, Tim Keller, Manfred Schaefer, and Ron Cephas Jones.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Terry McDermott ranks 8,283 out of 20,380. Before him are Mark Eaton (1957), Arthur Dove (1880), Jessica Simpson (1980), Arthur Wightman (1922), Joe Alaskey (1952), and Stanley A. McChrystal (1954). After him are Kenneth Burke (1897), George Bancroft (1800), Rob Van Dam (1970), Clare Boothe Luce (1903), Omar Epps (1973), and John Esposito (1940).

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Among SKATERS In United States

Among skaters born in United States, Terry McDermott ranks 7. Before him are Tonya Harding (1970), Tony Hawk (1968), Eric Heiden (1958), Nancy Kerrigan (1969), Charles Jewtraw (1900), and Peggy Fleming (1948). After him are Tenley Albright (1935), David Jenkins (1936), Carol Heiss (1940), Ken Henry (1929), Jeanne Ashworth (1938), and Dorothy Hamill (1956).

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