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Klaus-Jürgen Grünke

1951 - Today

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Klaus-Jürgen Grünke (born 30 March 1951) is a retired track cyclist from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he won the gold medal in the men's 1,000m time trial, defeating Belgium's Michel Vaarten. A year earlier he won the world title in the same event in Rocourt. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Klaus-Jürgen Grünke is the 359th most popular cyclist (up from 485th in 2024), the 5,520th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,918th in 2019) and the 20th most popular German Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Klaus-Jürgen Grünke ranks 359 out of 1,613. Before him are Erik Breukink, Uwe Ampler, Guido Bontempi, Adam Yates, Jürgen Colombo, and Ugo Colombo. After him are Annemiek van Vleuten, Frank Hoste, Peter Winnen, Günter Haritz, Andreas Klöden, and Rafał Majka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Klaus-Jürgen Grünke ranks 573. Before him are Bronisław Malinowski, Ariel Rubinstein, Aleksey Spiridonov, Charlie Dominici, Reinhard Eiben, and Qigang Chen. After him are Harry Lubse, Didi Conn, Mick Garris, Brad Delp, Oldřich Rott, and Rosy Bindi.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Klaus-Jürgen Grünke ranks 5,523 out of 7,253. Before him are Rolf Landauer (1927), Claudia Brücken (1963), Rüdiger Helm (1956), Natalie Horler (1981), Georg Bühler (1837), and Andrea Nahles (1970). After him are Willy Birgel (1891), Falko Götz (1962), David Odonkor (1984), Julius Frey (1881), Leni Junker (1905), and Dietmar Danner (1950).

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Among CYCLISTS In Germany

Among cyclists born in Germany, Klaus-Jürgen Grünke ranks 20. Before him are Gustav-Adolf Schur (1931), Olaf Ludwig (1960), Günther Schumacher (1949), Erik Zabel (1970), Hans Lutz (1949), and Uwe Ampler (1964). After him are Günter Haritz (1948), Andreas Klöden (1975), Jens Voigt (1971), Tony Martin (1985), Lutz Heßlich (1959), and Rolf Gölz (1962).

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