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Bernd Kannenberg

1942 - 2021

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Bernhard "Bernd" Kannenberg (20 August 1942 – 13 January 2021) was a West German race walker who won the 50 km event at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He also competed in the 20 km at the 1972 and 1976 Games, but failed to finish. In 1972 Kannenberg became the first German athlete to walk 50 km within four hours; the same year he was awarded the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt. During his career he set five world records, and won six outdoor and four indoor West German titles. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bernd Kannenberg is the 407th most popular athlete (down from 384th in 2019), the 1,343rd most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,541st in 2019) and the 18th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Bernd Kannenberg ranks 407 out of 6,025. Before him are Edward Gardère, Tatyana Kazankina, Victor Willems, Johnny Hayes, Durward Knowles, and Lee Haney. After him are José Villanueva, Pat McCormick, Forrest Smithson, Henri Hazebrouck, Simon Slåttvik, and John Kuck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Bernd Kannenberg ranks 342. Before him are Eduard Markarov, Rita Tushingham, Jack DeJohnette, Andrew Robinson, Fred Thompson, and Wojciech Pszoniak. After him are Anneke Grönloh, Giancarlo Ferrari, Charles Konan Banny, Jusuf Kalla, Michael G. Wilson, and Bas Jan Ader. Among people deceased in 2021, Bernd Kannenberg ranks 285. Before him are Vassilis Alexakis, Christian Tumi, Luis de Pablo, Pachín, József Csatári, and Carmen Salinas. After him are Peter R. de Vries, Carlyle Glean, Ali Mahdi Muhammad, Charles Konan Banny, Marie-Claire Blais, and Jan de Vries.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Bernd Kannenberg ranks 1,343 out of 3,761. Before him are Alexander Ovechkin (1985), Khariton Laptev (1700), Anton Delvig (1798), Alexander Gelfond (1906), Vladimir Potanin (1961), and Simon Vratsian (1882). After him are Daniil Granin (1919), Nikolay Beketov (1827), Albert Shesternyov (1941), Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov (1935), Nikolay Mikhaylovsky (1842), and Ilya Glazunov (1930).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Bernd Kannenberg ranks 18. Before him are Vsevolod Bobrov (1922), Vyacheslav Ivanov (1938), Galina Zybina (1931), Sergey Litvinov (1958), Veikko Hakulinen (1925), and Tatyana Kazankina (1951). After him are Pavel Lednyov (1943), Renate Boy (1939), Aleksandra Chudina (1923), Olavi Mannonen (1930), Lyudmila Bragina (1943), and Yevgeny Grishin (1931).

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