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Francesco Friedrich

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Francesco Friedrich (born 2 May 1990) is a German bobsledder who has been active since 2006. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, he and his brakeman Thorsten Margis tied with Canada's Justin Kripps and Alexander Kopacz for the gold medal in the two-man competition. Friedrich also won gold outright in the four-man event alongside Margis, Candy Bauer and Martin Grothkopp, making Friedrich the fifth German pilot to win two-man and four-man golds at the same Games, after Andreas Ostler in 1952, Meinhard Nehmer in 1976, Wolfgang Hoppe in 1984 and André Lange in 2006. At the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, Friedrich and Margis again won the gold medal with both sleighs. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Francesco Friedrich is the 5,813th most popular athlete (down from 4,443rd in 2024), the 7,211th most popular biography from Germany (down from 6,735th in 2019) and the 587th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Francesco Friedrich ranks 5,813 out of 6,025. Before him are Raymond Stevens, Emmanuel Korir, Zakia Khudadadi, Zsófia Kovács, Rafael Trujillo, and Christoph Harting. After him are Kamia Yousufi, Lionel Cox, Darold Williamson, Katie Allen, France Gareau, and Ditte Kotzian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1990, Francesco Friedrich ranks 1,025. Before him are Valérie Maltais, Jordan Hamilton, Kei Inoo, Francisco Portillo, Christoph Harting, and Dimitrij Nazarov. After him are Yuria Obara, Aleksandra Skochilenko, Danick Snelder, Evgeny Donskoy, Facundo Bertoglio, and Miks Indrašis.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Francesco Friedrich ranks 7,214 out of 7,253. Before him are Gary Weeks (1972), Alexander Meyer (1991), Maro Engel (1985), Maximilian Götz (1986), Christoph Harting (1990), and Matthias Bachinger (1987). After him are Ditte Kotzian (1979), Maximilian Günther (1997), Marco Höger (1989), Max Grün (1987), Anthony Randolph (1989), and Kathrin Wörle-Scheller (1984).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Francesco Friedrich ranks 587. Before him are Norman Bröckl (1986), Louisa Walter (1978), Sabrina Mockenhaupt (1980), Oliver Korn (1984), Carolin Leonhardt (1984), and Christoph Harting (1990). After him are Ditte Kotzian (1979), Thomas Florschütz (1978), Christopher Zeller (1984), Verena Bentele (1982), Kimberly Williams (null), and Daniel Deusser (1981).

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