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Gisela Birkemeyer

1931 - 2024

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Gisela Birkemeyer (née Köhler, 22 December 1931 – 26 March 2024) was a German hurdler and sprinter who won two medals in the 80 m hurdles at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics. During her career she set nine world records in the 80 m hurdles and in the 4 × 100 m, 4 × 110 yd and 4 × 200 m relays. She won 40 East German championships, mostly in the 80 m hurdles (1953–1961) and 200 m sprint (1956–1960). At the European Championships in Stockholm in 1958, she was third in the 80 m hurdles. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gisela Birkemeyer is the 468th most popular athlete (up from 1,652nd in 2019), the 4,021st most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,423rd in 2019) and the 26th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Gisela Birkemeyer ranks 468 out of 6,025. Before her are Henri Jobier, Yevgeny Grishin, Grete Waitz, Christa Stubnick, Alice Brown, and Boris Melnikov. After her are Veikko Karvonen, Betty Robinson, Veikko Kankkonen, Jean Pickering, Rafer Johnson, and Paavo Yrjölä.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Gisela Birkemeyer ranks 301. Before her are Mikael Tariverdiev, Tomás Balcázar, Shuntarō Tanikawa, Yevgeny Grishin, Frank Auerbach, and Ruy Guerra. After her are Madeleine Berthod, Dimitar Dobrev, Gene Wolfe, Edith Bruck, Tamara Tyshkevich, and Corinne Marchand. Among people deceased in 2024, Gisela Birkemeyer ranks 280. Before her are Willi Koslowski, Shuntarō Tanikawa, John Haglelgam, Edna O'Brien, Frank Auerbach, and Paul Morrissey. After her are Denílson Custódio Machado, Michael Verhoeven, Rosie Reyes, Lou Donaldson, Milan Nenadić, and Bernard Pivot.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gisela Birkemeyer ranks 4,023 out of 7,253. Before her are Frank Auerbach (1931), Brigitte Mohnhaupt (1949), Rupert, Count Palatine of Veldenz (1506), Jutta Kleinschmidt (1962), Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1640), and Johann Heinrich Blasius (1809). After her are Friedrich Theodor Vischer (1807), Ernst Baier (1905), Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter (1733), Nelson Piquet Jr. (1985), Franz Ehrle (1845), and Herbert Achternbusch (1938).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Gisela Birkemeyer ranks 26. Before her are Angela Voigt (1951), Carl Diem (1882), Johanna Klier (1952), Wolfgang Nordwig (1943), Renate Stecher (1950), and Christa Stubnick (1933). After her are Monika Zehrt (1952), Karl-Friedrich Haas (1931), Marlies Göhr (1958), Heike Drechsler (1964), Hartmut Briesenick (1949), and Ellen Braumüller (1910).

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