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Dan Jansen

1965 - Today

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Daniel Erwin Jansen (born June 17, 1965) is a retired American speed skater. A multiple world champion in sprint and perennial favorite at the Winter Olympics, he broke a ten-year Olympic jinx when he won a gold medal in his final race, which was the 1,000 meters in the 1994 Winter Games. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dan Jansen is the 221st most popular skater (up from 277th in 2019), the 14,973rd most popular biography from United States (up from 16,322nd in 2019) and the 30th most popular American Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Dan Jansen ranks 221 out of 483. Before him are Ye Qiaobo, Maxim Staviski, Alina Zagitova, Evgeni Platov, Robin Szolkowy, and Michelle Kwan. After him are Jacqueline Börner, Mao Asada, Natalia Mishkutionok, Tomáš Verner, Gabriella Papadakis, and Maria Butyrskaya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Dan Jansen ranks 726. Before him are Álvaro Cervera, Marina Kiehl, Milton Mendes, Gary Pallister, Kim Jae-yup, and Jason Gedrick. After him are Stephen Gaghan, Jacqueline Börner, Dan Bucatinsky, Warren Ellis, Mike Henry, and Dmitri Kuznetsov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dan Jansen ranks 14,978 out of 20,380. Before him are Bill Clements (1917), David Gallagher (1985), Blackbear (1990), David Herman (1967), Amanda Wyss (1960), and Desmond Bane (1998). After him are Thomas Meighan (1879), Gale Gordon (1906), Nick Kroll (1978), David Ignatius (1950), Carl Hayden (1877), and Catherine Burns (1945).

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Among SKATERS In United States

Among skaters born in United States, Dan Jansen ranks 30. Before him are Bonnie Blair (1964), Maribel Vinson (1911), Dianne Holum (1951), Scott Hamilton (1958), Sasha Cohen (1984), and Michelle Kwan (1980). After him are Kristi Yamaguchi (1971), Chad Hedrick (1977), Shani Davis (1982), Tara Lipinski (1982), Eric Flaim (1967), and Derek Parra (1970).

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