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Barbara Ann Scott

1928 - 2012

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Barbara Ann Scott (May 9, 1928 – September 30, 2012) was a Canadian figure skater. She was the 1948 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion (1947–1948), and a four-time Canadian national champion (1944–46, 48) in ladies' singles. Known as "Canada's Sweetheart", she is the only Canadian to have won the Olympic ladies' singles gold medal, the first North American to have won three major titles in one year and the only Canadian to have won the European Championship (1947–48). During her forties she was rated among the top equestrians in North America. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Barbara Ann Scott is the 70th most popular skater (up from 95th in 2019), the 408th most popular biography from Canada (up from 468th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Canadian Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Barbara Ann Scott ranks 70 out of 483. Before her are Odd Lundberg, Evgeni Plushenko, Knut Johannesen, Brian Orser, Melitta Brunner, and Klara Guseva. After her are Roar Grønvold, Viktor Kosichkin, Sverre Farstad, Jacqueline du Bief, Kaija Mustonen, and Hans Gerschwiler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Barbara Ann Scott ranks 409. Before her are Earl Holliman, Jean Barraqué, Harold Becker, Pierre Tchernia, Simón Díaz, and Washington Ortuño. After her are Ivar Aronsson, Piero Angela, Stanley Mandelstam, Sergey Mergelyan, Fritz Herkenrath, and Jacques-Louis Lions. Among people deceased in 2012, Barbara Ann Scott ranks 296. Before her are Victor Mees, Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, Patrick Moore, Eugene Polley, Vadim Glowna, and Mark Midler. After her are Emmanuel Scheffer, Roland Moreno, Richard D. Zanuck, Nils Karlsson, Hans Nowak, and Mahmoud El-Gohary.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Barbara Ann Scott ranks 408 out of 1,622. Before her are Edge (1973), Harry Saltzman (1915), Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923), Philip Guston (1913), Myrtle Cook (1902), and Steven Erikson (1959). After her are Marc-André Hamelin (1961), Mary Harron (1953), Teresa Stratas (1938), Bob Ezrin (1949), George Chuvalo (1937), and Justine Musk (1972).

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Among SKATERS In Canada

Among skaters born in Canada, Barbara Ann Scott ranks 5. Before her are Donald Jackson (1940), Suzanne Morrow Francis (1930), Robert Paul (1937), and Brian Orser (1961). After her are Barbara Wagner (1938), Alexander Hurd (1910), Toller Cranston (1949), Montgomery Wilson (1909), Catriona Le May Doan (1970), Debbi Wilkes (1946), and Karen Magnussen (1952).

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