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Birgit Fischer

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Birgit Fischer (German pronunciation: [ˈbɪʁɡɪt ˈfɪʃɐ] ; born 25 February 1962) is a German former kayaker, who has won eight gold medals over six different Olympic Games, a record she shares with Aladár Gerevich and Isabell Werth, spanning seven Olympiads: twice representing East Germany (interrupted by the boycott of 1984), then four times representing the reunited nation. After both the 1988 and 2000 games, she announced her retirement, only to return for the subsequent games. She has been both the youngest- and oldest-ever Olympic canoeing champion (ages 18 and 42). In 2004, she was chosen as the German sportswoman of the year. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Birgit Fischer is the 651st most popular athlete (down from 360th in 2019), the 4,354th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,012th in 2019) and the 37th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Birgit Fischer ranks 651 out of 6,025. Before her are Richard Thompson, Jean Bouin, Carl Goßler, André Gaudin, Janne Lundblad, and Arthur Tell Schwab. After her are Norma Croker, Shirley Strickland, Stan Rowley, Giuseppe Gentile, Yelizaveta Dementyeva, and Käthe Krauss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Birgit Fischer ranks 219. Before her are Tomoyasu Asaoka, Ikililou Dhoinine, James Marsters, Stefan Kuntz, Predrag Bjelac, and Bertrand Gachot. After her are Alexey Miller, Sergey Kiriyenko, Yōko Ogawa, Lian Ross, Tracy Chevalier, and Talat Xhaferi.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Birgit Fischer ranks 4,356 out of 7,253. Before her are Marco Rose (1976), Carl Goßler (1885), Arthur Tell Schwab (1896), Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1627), Hans Carl Friedrich von Mangoldt (1854), and Bel Kaufman (1911). After her are Konrad von Würzburg (1225), Princess Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau (1824), Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar (1786), Prince Frederick of Prussia (1794), Josef Bradl (1918), and Otto von Münchhausen (1716).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Birgit Fischer ranks 37. Before her are Hartmut Briesenick (1949), Ellen Braumüller (1910), Ingrid Gulbin (1943), Hugo Strauß (1907), Carl Goßler (1885), and Arthur Tell Schwab (1896). After her are Käthe Krauss (1906), Elfriede Kaun (1914), Rita Kühne (1947), Hans Günter Winkler (1926), Arthur Jonath (1909), and Hermann Wilker (1874).

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