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Helmut Recknagel

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Helmut Recknagel (born 20 March 1937 in Steinbach-Hallenberg) is an East German former ski jumper who was active in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He earned a gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics in ski jumping and also won the Holmenkollen ski festival ski jumping competition twice (1957 and 1960). Recknagel was the first non-Skandinavian to have won the traditional contest. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, he won three medals: a bronze in 1958 and two medals in 1962, a gold in the individual large hill and a bronze in the individual normal hill. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Helmut Recknagel is the 69th most popular skier (down from 64th in 2019), the 4,548th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,456th in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Helmut Recknagel ranks 69 out of 817. Before him are Sigmund Ruud, Marie-Theres Nadig, Jean Vuarnet, Erik Schinegger, Giuliana Minuzzo, and Maurilio De Zolt. After him are Janica Kostelić, Anja Pärson, Vegard Ulvang, Torgeir Brandtzæg, Anders Haugen, and Elis Wiklund.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Helmut Recknagel ranks 356. Before him are Pat Roach, Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Ali Treki, Bruno Mora, Una Stubbs, and Sidney Coleman. After him are Guido Vildoso, Delia Derbyshire, David Acevedo, Regimantas Adomaitis, John Devitt, and Antonio Betancort.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Helmut Recknagel ranks 4,551 out of 7,253. Before him are Gustav von Alvensleben (1803), Kurt Beck (1949), Wilhelm Kreis (1873), Hedwig Dohm (1831), Friedrich Chrysander (1826), and Hildrun Laufer-Claus (1939). After him are Werner Krämer (1940), Christian Wilhelm Allers (1857), Rudi Assauer (1944), Sidonie of Saxony (1518), Wilhelm Killing (1847), and Reiner Kunze (1933).

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Among SKIERS In Germany

Among skiers born in Germany, Helmut Recknagel ranks 4. Before him are Hanni Wenzel (1956), Rosi Mittermaier (1950), and Josef Bradl (1918). After him are Heidi Biebl (1941), Jens Weißflog (1964), Hans-Georg Aschenbach (1951), Franz Pfnür (1908), Georg Thoma (1937), Ossi Reichert (1925), Johann Mühlegg (1970), and Barbara Petzold (1955).

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