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Ginny Duenkel

1947 - Today

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Virginia Ruth Fuldner (née Duenkel; born March 7, 1947), also known as Ginny Fuldner, is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Duenkel medaled in two individual swimming events as a 17-year-old. First, she won the women's 400-meter freestyle. Then she received a bronze medal in the women's 100-meter backstroke. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ginny Duenkel is the 114th most popular swimmer (up from 247th in 2019), the 8,480th most popular biography from United States (up from 14,943rd in 2019) and the 50th most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Ginny Duenkel ranks 114 out of 709. Before her are Lynn Burke, László Szabados, Yoshiyuki Tsuruta, Gunnar Larsson, Ada Kok, and Gilbert Bozon. After her are Géza Kádas, Perry McGillivray, William Yorzyk, Natalie Coughlin, Claudia Kolb, and Andrea Pollack.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Ginny Duenkel ranks 623. Before her are Peter Wilson, Theda Skocpol, Rustam Kazakov, Sony Lab'ou Tansi, Peter Chen, and Richard Palmer-James. After her are Nina Fyodorova, Fabián Alarcón, Alexander Yakushev, Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, Shigeru Kasamatsu, and Alexei Ulanov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ginny Duenkel ranks 8,482 out of 20,380. Before her are Arthur Lee (1945), Trey Parker (1969), Dave Loebsack (1952), Joe Ranft (1960), Jeffrey Combs (1954), and Richard Hell (1949). After her are Norman Mineta (1931), Heather Langenkamp (1964), Jaron Lanier (1960), Alison Eastwood (1972), M. King Hubbert (1903), and Neville Brand (1920).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Ginny Duenkel ranks 50. Before her are Jack Medica (1914), Katie Ledecky (1997), Jan Henne (1947), Ethel Lackie (1907), Matt Biondi (1965), and Lynn Burke (1943). After her are Perry McGillivray (1893), William Yorzyk (1933), Natalie Coughlin (1982), Claudia Kolb (1949), Frances Schroth (1893), and Lance Larson (1940).

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