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Dieter Krause

1936 - 2020

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Dieter Krause (18 January 1936 – 10 August 2020) was a German sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s. He won a gold medal in the K-1 4×500 m event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome (with Paul Lange, Günther Perleberg and Friedhelm Wentzke). Krause also won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-4 1000 m: 1963), a silver (K-2 1000 m: 1963), and two bronzes (K-1 500 m: 1958, K-1 4×500 m: 1963). He was a Stasi informer under the codename "Reiner Lesser". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dieter Krause is the 989th most popular athlete (up from 1,022nd in 2019), the 4,756th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,982nd in 2019) and the 74th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Dieter Krause ranks 989 out of 6,025. Before him are Thorvald Strömberg, Petra Felke, Gunnar Lindström, Jean Piot, Chrétien Waydelich, and Gaston Amson. After him are Noemí Simonetto de Portela, Adolphe Grisel, Hiroshi Suzuki, Bruno Boni, Thomas Munkelt, and Raymond Salles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Dieter Krause ranks 396. Before him are Manuel Alegre, Loren Acton, Marin Sorescu, Brenda Jones, László Szabó, and Larry Cohen. After him are Mary Travers, Michael Somare, Jan Sokol, Zdeněk Mácal, Ronnie Bucknum, and Edmond Keosayan. Among people deceased in 2020, Dieter Krause ranks 476. Before him are Kansai Yamamoto, Birol Ünel, Rudi Hoffmann, Tomisaku Kawasaki, Helen Reddy, and Regis Philbin. After him are Nikolai Gubenko, Nina Andreyeva, Ephrem M'Bom, Tilo Prückner, Hawa Abdi, and Flossie Wong-Staal.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Dieter Krause ranks 4,759 out of 7,253. Before him are Paul Weinstein (1878), Hildegard Falck (1949), David Garrett (1980), Petra Felke (1959), Mirjam Pressler (1940), and Willi Giesemann (1937). After him are Botho Strauß (1944), Kurt Maetzig (1911), Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff (1807), Anita Rée (1885), Hermann Hirt (1865), and Elias Holl (1573).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Dieter Krause ranks 74. Before him are Frank Forberger (1943), Manfred Kokot (1948), Ulrike Meyfarth (1956), Paul Weinstein (1878), Hildegard Falck (1949), and Petra Felke (1959). After him are Thomas Munkelt (1952), Helga Seidler (1949), Hanns Braun (1886), Gabriele Reinsch (1963), Hartwig Gauder (1954), and Ulf Timmermann (1962).

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