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Barbara Petzold

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Barbara Petzold (later Beyer, born 8 August 1955) is a former East German Cross-country skier who competed during the 1970s and early 1980s. She won two gold medals at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid in the 10 km and the 4 × 5 km relay, and a bronze in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. Petzold also won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, earning three silvers (1974: 10 km, 4 × 5 km relay; 1978: 4 × 5 km relay) and one bronze (1982: 4 × 5 km relay). She is sometimes listed as Barbara Petzold-Beyer in results lists. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Barbara Petzold is the 164th most popular skier (up from 180th in 2019), the 5,435th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,523rd in 2019) and the 12th most popular German Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Barbara Petzold ranks 164 out of 817. Before her are Anderl Molterer, Léo Lacroix, Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Helena Takalo, Jan Halvarsson, and Edmund Bruggmann. After her are Andreas Goldberger, Lara Gut-Behrami, Annemarie Buchner, Maria Walliser, Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, and Petter Northug.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Barbara Petzold ranks 463. Before her are Imrich Bugár, Jacques N'Guea, William Hope, Mohammad Rabbani, Matthias Behr, and Ethan Phillips. After her are Sandra Torres, Andreas Maislinger, Pier Ferdinando Casini, Claudio Sulser, Connie Sellecca, and Rupert Keegan.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Barbara Petzold ranks 5,438 out of 7,253. Before her are Erwin Keller (1905), Nino de Angelo (1963), Wolfgang Hohlbein (1953), Hans-Werner Gessmann (1950), Curt Goetz (1888), and Chris Gueffroy (1968). After her are Rosa Kellner (1910), Gert Hofmann (1931), Ines Diers (1963), Harald Norpoth (1942), Hugo Dollheiser (1927), and Wolfdietrich Schnurre (1920).

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Among SKIERS In Germany

Among skiers born in Germany, Barbara Petzold ranks 12. Before her are Jens Weißflog (1964), Hans-Georg Aschenbach (1951), Franz Pfnür (1908), Georg Thoma (1937), Ossi Reichert (1925), and Johann Mühlegg (1970). After her are Annemarie Buchner (1924), Sven Hannawald (1974), Veronika Schmidt (1952), Katja Seizinger (1972), Jochen Danneberg (1953), and Martin Schmitt (1978).

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