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Heike Friedrich

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Heike Friedrich (born 18 April 1970 in Karl-Marx-Stadt, Saxony) is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won two medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. At the age of 15, Friedrich won five gold medals in the 1985 European championships and won four more in the World Championship the next year. She had not lost in a single major international championship in any event until she was defeated by Janet Evans in the 400 m in the Seoul Olympics, taking the silver medal. Friedrich had already won the gold medal in the 200 m freestyle on the previous day. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Heike Friedrich is the 245th most popular swimmer (up from 286th in 2024), the 6,052nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 6,299th in 2019) and the 25th most popular German Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Heike Friedrich ranks 245 out of 709. Before her are Sarah Sjöström, César Cielo, Park Tae-hwan, Karen Moe, Pablo Morales, and Sun Yang. After her are Sándor Wladár, Paul Biedermann, Tatjana Schoenmaker, Anita Lonsbrough, Tim Shaw, and Petra Schneider.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Heike Friedrich ranks 617. Before her are Carlos Amarilla, Jacco Eltingh, Paweł Nastula, Holger Apfel, Mohamedou Ould Slahi, and Anja Garbarek. After her are Erik Spoelstra, Daniel Cosgrove, Noel Gugliemi, Sascha Paeth, Rupert Penry-Jones, and Khushbu.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heike Friedrich ranks 6,055 out of 7,253. Before her are Olaf Förster (1962), Betty Heidler (1983), Masashi Hamauzu (1971), Amin Younes (1993), Holger Apfel (1970), and Christina Obergföll (1981). After her are Josip Stanišić (2000), Fritz Walter (1960), Tobias Santelmann (1980), Patriz Ilg (1957), Hagen Melzer (1959), and Steffi Nerius (1972).

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Among SWIMMERS In Germany

Among swimmers born in Germany, Heike Friedrich ranks 25. Before her are Jörg Woithe (1963), Wilhelm Lützow (1892), Petra Thümer (1961), Ute Geweniger (1964), Caren Metschuck (1963), and Ines Geissler (1963). After her are Paul Biedermann (1986), Petra Schneider (1963), Silke Hörner (1965), Franziska van Almsick (1978), Kathleen Nord (1965), and Uwe Dassler (1967).

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