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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. McDermott was a surprise winner in the 500 m at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck when he beat the favorite in that distance, reigning 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 495,948 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Terry McDermott is the 191st most popular skater (down from 62nd in 2019), the 11,812th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,312th in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Skater.

Memorability Metrics

  • 500k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Terry McDermott ranks 191 out of 315. Before him are Francesca Lollobrigida, Elena Berezhnaya, Uwe-Jens Mey, Shen Xue, Arianna Fontana, and Anna Shcherbakova. After him are Chen Lu, Alexandra Trusova, Bruno Massot, Adelina Sotnikova, Albena Denkova, and Robin Szolkowy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Terry McDermott ranks 525. Before him are Igor Romishevsky, Mary Rand, Don LaFontaine, Ken Fletcher, James Burrows, and Brian Labone. After him are Bob Knight, Penelope Coelen, Maxine Hong Kingston, William Ferguson, Robert Pinsky, and Mike Troy. Among people deceased in 2023, Terry McDermott ranks 379. Before him are Gil de Ferran, Coco Lee, Inga Swenson, Richard G. Hovannisian, Bill Hayden, and Odd Børre. After him are Heath, Dick Savitt, François Bracci, Bert I. Gordon, Bob Knight, and John Devitt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Terry McDermott ranks 11,812 out of 18,182. Before him are Jeff Baxter (1948), Eddie Deezen (1957), Elliott Abrams (1948), Martha Reeves (1941), James Buchli (1945), and Jimmy McHugh (1894). After him are Sam Trammell (1969), Tom Aldredge (1928), Tito Ortiz (1975), Lindsay Price (1976), Courtney Henggeler (1978), and George Hincapie (1973).

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Among SKATERS In United States

Among skaters born in United States, Terry McDermott ranks 24. Before him are Theresa Weld (1893), Brian Boitano (1963), Nathan Chen (1999), Michelle Kwan (1980), Hayes Alan Jenkins (1933), and Beatrix Loughran (1900). After him are Sasha Cohen (1984), Kristi Yamaguchi (1971), Dan Jansen (1965), Scott Hamilton (1958), Bonnie Blair (1964), and Chad Hedrick (1977).

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