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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 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Dan Jansen is the 221st most popular skater (up from 277th in 2024), the 15,043rd most popular biography from United States (up from 16,318th in 2019) and the 30th most popular American Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Dan Jansen ranks 222 out of 483. Before him are Chen Lu, Ye Qiaobo, Maxim Staviski, Alina Zagitova, Evgeni Platov, Robin Szolkowy, and Michelle Kwan. After him are Jacqueline Börner, Mao Asada, Natalia Mishkutionok, Tomáš Verner, and Gabriella Papadakis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Dan Jansen ranks 799. Before him are Milton Mendes, Gary Pallister, Kim Jae-yup, Jason Gedrick, Jarmo Myllys, and Heidi Fleiss. After him are Sybrand van Haersma Buma, Stephen Gaghan, Jacqueline Börner, Dan Bucatinsky, Warren Ellis, and Melitta Rühn.

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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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