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Hanns Kilian

1905 - 1981

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Hans Kilian (alternate listings: Hanns Kilian, Hans Killian, or Hanns Killian (2 May 1905 – 17 April 1981) was a German bobsledder who competed from the late 1920s to the late 1930s. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won two bronze medals (1928: Five-man, 1932: Four-man). Kilian also won seven medals at the FIBT World Championships, including three golds (Two-man: 1931, Four-man: 1934, 1935), one silver (Four-man: 1938), and two bronzes (Two-man and four-man: both 1939). He was born and died in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hanns Kilian is the 1,641st most popular athlete (down from 1,578th in 2019), the 5,270th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,377th in 2019) and the 156th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Hanns Kilian ranks 1,641 out of 6,025. Before him are Emil Hegle Svendsen, Dudley Storey, Hugh Anderson, Isaac Berger, Constantin Alexandru, and Oswald Zappelli. After him are Miroslav Poljak, Vladimir Nevzorov, Pál Simon, Francis Tyler, Burglinde Pollak, and Betty McKinnon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Hanns Kilian ranks 344. Before him are Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, Roy Henkel, Ibrahim Tuqan, Robert Bacher, Hans Scherfig, and Miguel Mihura. After him are Gerrit Achterberg, Raymundo Rodríguez, Sterling Holloway, Raúl Fernández, Jules Pappaert, and Kenneth Rexroth. Among people deceased in 1981, Hanns Kilian ranks 241. Before him are Cecil McMaster, Paul Mattick, David Garnett, Dan Coe, Roy Henkel, and Carleton S. Coon. After him are Betty McKinnon, Oumarou Ganda, Geirr Tveitt, Eric Williams, Kazimierz Kordylewski, and Big Walter Horton.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hanns Kilian ranks 5,273 out of 7,253. Before him are Brigitte Zypries (1953), Josef Peters (1914), Hans Reissner (1874), Lars Ricken (1976), Princess Victoria Margaret of Prussia (1890), and Hans von Pechmann (1850). After him are Caspar Memering (1953), Elke Erb (1938), Gregor Braun (1955), Burglinde Pollak (1951), Marius Müller-Westernhagen (1948), and Hermann Lietz (1868).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Hanns Kilian ranks 156. Before him are Erich Koschik (1913), Margit Schumann (1952), Christina Lathan (1958), Ursula Knab (1929), Bernhard Germeshausen (1951), and Wolfgang Güldenpfennig (1951). After him are Burglinde Pollak (1951), Herbert Gruber (1942), Fritz Schwab (1919), Doris Maletzki (1952), Christina Heinich (1949), and Jürgen Hingsen (1958).

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