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Claudia Pechstein

1972 - Today

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Claudia Pechstein (born 22 February 1972) is a retired German speed skater. She has won five Olympic gold medals. With a total of nine Olympic medals, five gold, two silver, and two bronze, she was previously the most successful Olympic speed skater, male or female, of all time, (later superseded by Ireen Wüst during the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang). Pechstein is the most successful German Winter Olympian of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Claudia Pechstein is the 157th most popular skater (down from 131st in 2019), the 5,681st most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,380th in 2019) and the 19th most popular German Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Claudia Pechstein ranks 157 out of 483. Before her are Helena Pilejczyk, Jan Hoffmann, Petra Burka, Bjørg Eva Jensen, Natalia Bestemianova, and Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann. After her are Tenley Albright, Theresa Weld, Hayes Alan Jenkins, Andrei Bukin, James Grogan, and Janet Lynn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Claudia Pechstein ranks 414. Before her are Agata Kornhauser-Duda, Constantin Gâlcă, Takanohana Kōji, Oleh Lyashko, Erika Marozsán, and Masakazu Morita. After her are Sprent Dabwido, Mukhtar Mai, Sargis Hovsepyan, Vladimir Jurowski, Mehmet Kurtuluş, and Rory Cochrane.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Claudia Pechstein ranks 5,684 out of 7,253. Before her are Nicolas Kiefer (1977), Pascal Groß (1991), Sven Fischer (1971), Peter Broeker (1926), Rudolf Kargus (1952), and Rainer Schüttler (1976). After her are Heiner Brand (1952), Walter Mahlendorf (1935), Sung Yu-ri (1981), Christine Laser (1951), Demis Nikolaidis (1973), and Norbert Röttgen (1965).

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Among SKATERS In Germany

Among skaters born in Germany, Claudia Pechstein ranks 19. Before her are Christa Luding-Rothenburger (1959), Karin Enke (1961), Anett Pötzsch (1960), Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich (1960), Jan Hoffmann (1955), and Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (1966). After her are Gabi Zange (1961), André Hoffmann (1961), Anni Friesinger-Postma (1977), Olaf Zinke (1966), Dagmar Lurz (1959), and Robin Szolkowy (1979).

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