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Gunhild Hoffmeister

1944 - Today

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Gunhild Hoffmeister (born 6 July 1944) is a retired German middle-distance runner. She competed for East Germany at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won two silver and one bronze medal, becoming the only German distance runner to win three Olympic medals. Together with Hans Grodotzki, she is the only German runner to win two medals at the same Olympics (excluding those in sprint and multi-events). Her personal best time in 1,500 metres was 4:01.4, achieved in July 1976 in Potsdam. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Gunhild Hoffmeister is the 1,385th most popular athlete (down from 1,337th in 2024), the 5,075th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,249th in 2019) and the 116th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Gunhild Hoffmeister ranks 1,385 out of 6,025. Before her are Håkan Malmrot, Bertalan Papp, Päivi Meriluoto, Andreas Cervin, Ragnar Malm, and William Fields. After her are Taisia Chenchik, Guido Balzarini, Wang Yi, Dorothea Wierer, Jack Cameron, and Ebbe Parsner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Gunhild Hoffmeister ranks 574. Before her are Albin Planinc, Pierre Trentin, Férid Boughedir, Christoph Hein, Ben Stein, and Elmar Wepper. After her are Miklós Páncsics, Vitaly Tseshkovsky, Braulio Rodríguez Plaza, Abuzed Omar Dorda, Bev Bevan, and Alexander Berzin.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gunhild Hoffmeister ranks 5,078 out of 7,253. Before her are Ernst Ising (1900), Michael Bella (1945), Elmar Wepper (1944), Bernd Franke (1948), Kurt Hoffmann (1910), and Rudolf Haag (1922). After her are Björn Engholm (1939), Halil Altıntop (1982), Fredric Wertham (1895), Hans Schlegel (1951), Thomas Reiter (1958), and Irmtraud Morgner (1933).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Gunhild Hoffmeister ranks 116. Before her are Siegbert Horn (1950), Wilhelm Leichum (1911), Gustav Goßler (1879), Klaus Reichert (1947), Waldemar Tietgens (1879), and Hermann Hansen (1912). After her are Anna-Maria Müller (1949), Siegrun Siegl (1954), Rudolf Lippert (1900), Martin Lauer (1937), Rita Wilden (1947), and Wolfgang Schmidt (1954).

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