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Kathleen Nord

1965 - 2022

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Kathleen Nord (later Schwartz and Feldvoss, 26 December 1965 – 24 February 2022) was a butterfly and medley swimmer from East Germany. She won the gold medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 1988 Summer Olympics and finished fifth in the 400 m individual medley. Between 1982 and 1989 she won six gold, two silver and three bronze medals in individual medley and butterfly events at European and world championships. She missed the 1984 Summer Olympics due to their boycott by East Germany and competed at the Friendship Games instead, winning a silver medal in the 400 m individual medley. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Kathleen Nord is the 277th most popular swimmer (down from 188th in 2024), the 6,226th most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,786th in 2019) and the 30th most popular German Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Kathleen Nord ranks 277 out of 709. Before her are Rick Carey, Marleen Veldhuis, Therese Alshammar, Franziska van Almsick, Camille Muffat, and Lyn McClements. After her are Milorad Čavić, Igor Polyansky, Tiffany Cohen, Bengt Baron, Mike Bruner, and John Naber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Kathleen Nord ranks 851. Before her are Václav Korunka, Fahrettin Koca, Abdourahman Waberi, Yuri Savichev, Pamela Gidley, and Mikhail Shtalenkov. After her are Moses Tanui, Rogelio Marcelo, Kosei Akaishi, Yoshinori Taguchi, Rob Gardner, and Chen Longcan. Among people deceased in 2022, Kathleen Nord ranks 676. Before her are Pallonji Mistry, Yuri Bashkatov, Steve Wilhite, Kim Jung Gi, Brent Renaud, and Douglas McGrath. After her are Szilveszter Csollány, Nergüin Enkhbat, Javier Imbroda, P. J. O'Rourke, Brad William Henke, and Dennis Waterman.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Kathleen Nord ranks 6,229 out of 7,253. Before her are Bert Grabsch (1975), Aaron Hunt (1986), Christian Lell (1984), Annegret Strauch (1968), Rani Khedira (1994), and Karsten Brannasch (1966). After her are Anna Kovalchuk (1977), Jens Keller (1970), Christian Henn (1964), Ken Duken (1979), Ingo Spelly (1966), and Nicole Uphoff (1967).

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Among SWIMMERS In Germany

Among swimmers born in Germany, Kathleen Nord ranks 30. Before her are Ines Geissler (1963), Heike Friedrich (1970), Paul Biedermann (1986), Petra Schneider (1963), Silke Hörner (1965), and Franziska van Almsick (1978). After her are Uwe Dassler (1967), Britta Steffen (1983), Dagmar Hase (1969), Cornelia Sirch (1966), Daniela Hunger (1972), and Manuela Stellmach (1970).

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