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Vladimir Smirnov

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Vladimir Mikhaylovich Smirnov (Russian: Влади́мир Миха́йлович Смирно́в; born 7 March 1964) is a Kazakh former cross-country skier of Russian descent who raced from the 1982 until 1991 for the USSR and, later, for Kazakhstan. He is the first Olympic champion from independent Kazakhstan and the most decorated Olympian in history of Kazakhstan. He is also a vice president of the International Biathlon Union. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vladimir Smirnov has received more than 18,654 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Vladimir Smirnov is the 81st most popular skier (down from 68th in 2019), the 62nd most popular biography from Kazakhstan (down from 51st in 2019) and the most popular Kazakhstani Skier.

Memorability Metrics

  • 19k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Vladimir Smirnov ranks 81 out of 817. Before him are Berit Aunli, Reidar Andersen, Blanca Fernández Ochoa, Nils Karlsson, Othmar Schneider, and Mikaela Shiffrin. After him are Piero Gros, Primož Ulaga, Ivar Formo, Heikki Hasu, Lara Gut-Behrami, and Marie-Theres Nadig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Vladimir Smirnov ranks 255. Before him are Kathy Burke, Yuriy Lutsenko, Sylvanie Burton, Keiji Fujiwara, João Paulo, and Manuel Jiménez Jiménez. After him are Albert Dupontel, Massimo Carrera, Garret Dillahunt, Éric Bernard, Dalton Vigh, and Maynard James Keenan.

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In Kazakhstan

Among people born in Kazakhstan, Vladimir Smirnov ranks 62 out of 193. Before him are Lev Rokhlin (1947), Alzhan Zharmukhamedov (1944), Ruslan Aushev (1954), Anatoly Khrapaty (1962), Askar Mamin (1965), and Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov (1951). After him are Alexander Kazantsev (1906), Dimash Kudaibergen (1994), Sergei Lukyanenko (1968), Nurlan Balgimbayev (1947), Arkady Volozh (1964), and Imangali Tasmagambetov (1956).

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Among SKIERS In Kazakhstan

Among skiers born in Kazakhstan, Vladimir Smirnov ranks 1. After him are Zinaida Amosova (1950), Alexey Poltoranin (1987), Nikolay Chebotko (1982), and Yuliya Galysheva (1992).

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