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Gregor Braun

1955 - Today

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Gregor Braun (German pronunciation: [ˈɡʁeːɡoːɐ̯ ˈbʁaʊn] ; born 31 December 1955) is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Germany, who was a professional rider from 1977 to 1989 and who became a multiple Olympic Gold medaillist and track world champion. his profession was a locksmith. He represented West Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, where he won the gold medal in both the men's individual pursuit and in the team pursuit with Peter Vonhof, Hans Lutz and Günther Schumacher, corroborating their win a year before, also as amateurs, with capturing the gold in the men's team pursuit in the 1975 world championships in Montreal. The West German Olympic track team for 1976 was managed by former track champion Gustav Kilian. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gregor Braun is the 295th most popular cyclist (up from 403rd in 2019), the 5,274th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,679th in 2019) and the 13th most popular German Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Gregor Braun ranks 295 out of 1,613. Before him are Dag Otto Lauritzen, Gunnar Asmussen, Jan Pijnenburg, Wout van Aert, Simon Yates, and Alessandro Petacchi. After him are Giuseppe Beghetto, Józef Lange, Victor Fontan, Ivan Basso, Peder Pedersen, and Laurent Jalabert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Gregor Braun ranks 425. Before him are Vasile Andrei, Roberto Maroni, Eric Bischoff, Toshimitsu Motegi, Pascal Dusapin, and Pavel Cebanu. After him are Mohamed Brahmi, Edmund Ho, Topper Headon, Udit Narayan, Erick Mombaerts, and Vijay Mallya.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gregor Braun ranks 5,277 out of 7,253. Before him are Lars Ricken (1976), Princess Victoria Margaret of Prussia (1890), Hans von Pechmann (1850), Hanns Kilian (1905), Caspar Memering (1953), and Elke Erb (1938). After him are Burglinde Pollak (1951), Marius Müller-Westernhagen (1948), Hermann Lietz (1868), Volker Bouffier (1951), Hans Klenk (1919), and Helmut Rix (1926).

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Among CYCLISTS In Germany

Among cyclists born in Germany, Gregor Braun ranks 13. Before him are Willi Fuggerer (1941), Dietrich Thurau (1954), Toni Merkens (1912), Jürgen Kissner (1942), Joseph Rosemeyer (1872), and Lothar Thoms (1956). After him are Gustav-Adolf Schur (1931), Olaf Ludwig (1960), Günther Schumacher (1949), Erik Zabel (1970), Hans Lutz (1949), and Uwe Ampler (1964).

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