HOCKEY PLAYER

Udo Kiessling

1955 - Today

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Udo Kießling (born 21 May 1955) is a German retired ice hockey player. He competed at all Winter Olympics from 1976 to 1992, thus becoming the first ice hockey player to compete at five Olympics. He represented West Germany at the 1984 Canada Cup. He also played one game for the Minnesota North Stars on 13 March 1982, becoming the first German-trained player to appear in the NHL. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Udo Kiessling has received more than 17,940 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Udo Kiessling is the 99th most popular hockey player (up from 107th in 2019), the 5,791st most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,151st in 2019) and the 5th most popular German Hockey Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 18k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Udo Kiessling ranks 99 out of 676. Before him are František Ševčík, Hugo Dollheiser, Esa Tikkanen, Lars-Eric Lundvall, Raimo Helminen, and Steve Yzerman. After him are Dunc Munro, Joe Sakic, Alan Noble, Valeri Kamensky, Viktor Yakushev, and Yevgeni Zimin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Udo Kiessling ranks 578. Before him are Naomi Munakata, Marcelino Pérez, Ellen Kushner, Maud Olofsson, Aleksandras Abišala, and Markus Ryffel. After him are Patrizio Sala, Gjoko Hadžievski, Nils Gaup, Linda Mvusi, Joey Baron, and Stephen Robinson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Udo Kiessling ranks 5,791 out of 7,253. Before him are Kathleen Nord (1965), Marko Rehmer (1972), Tayfun Korkut (1974), Jochen Schümann (1954), Anni Friesinger-Postma (1977), and Michael Schulz (1961). After him are Wolfgang Güldenpfennig (1951), Alexander Dreymon (1983), Gerhard Thiele (1953), Alexander Zorniger (1967), Bernd Dreher (1966), and Katja Seizinger (1972).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Germany

Among hockey players born in Germany, Udo Kiessling ranks 5. Before him are Hugo Budinger (1927), Rudi Ball (1911), Martin Schröttle (1901), and Hugo Dollheiser (1927). After him are Dany Heatley (1981), Leon Draisaitl (1995), Christian Ehrhoff (1982), Dennis Seidenberg (1981), Jochen Hecht (1977), Mikhail Grabovski (1984), and Marcel Goc (1983).

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