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Klaus Köste

1943 - 2012

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Klaus Köste (27 February 1943 – 14 December 2012) was a German gymnast. He won a gold medal in the vault at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He competed for East Germany and won bronze medals in the team all-around event in three Olympics, in 1964, 1968 and 1972. He was particularly strong on the horizontal bar, winning the 1971 and 1973 European championships and a bronze medal at the 1970 World championship in this event. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Klaus Köste is the 64th most popular gymnast (up from 124th in 2019), the 4,730th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,334th in 2019) and the 6th most popular German Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Klaus Köste ranks 64 out of 370. Before him are Vitaly Scherbo, Olle Lanner, Pietro Bianchi, Edward Hennig, Carl Folcker, and Ann-Sofi Pettersson. After him are Valentin Muratov, Carl Hårleman, Julius Lenhart, Guido Romano, Marie Kovářová, and Hugo Jahnke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Klaus Köste ranks 488. Before him are John Lennox, Arnaldo Cézar Coelho, Marília Pêra, Bobby Vee, Rick Danko, and Jon McBride. After him are Csaba Fenyvesi, Frank Forberger, Dante Spinotti, Eduardo Serra, Daniel Robin, and Zvonimir Vujin. Among people deceased in 2012, Klaus Köste ranks 309. Before him are Tibor Csernai, Lennart Samuelsson, Viktor Kosichkin, Friedhelm Konietzka, Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, and Phyllis Diller. After him are Ian Abercrombie, Phillip V. Tobias, Claude Cheysson, Jim Marshall, Kurt Maetzig, and Luis Aponte Martínez.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Klaus Köste ranks 4,733 out of 7,253. Before him are Fritz Herkenrath (1928), Wilhelm Müller (1909), Hermann Harms (1870), Birgit Prinz (1977), Gerd Wessig (1959), and Christoph Gudermann (1798). After him are Ludwig von Falkenhausen (1844), Klaus Badelt (1967), Peter Brötzmann (1941), Arno Arthur Wachmann (1902), Jürgen Heinsch (1940), and Rudi Hoffmann (1935).

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Among GYMNASTS In Germany

Among gymnasts born in Germany, Klaus Köste ranks 6. Before him are Carl Schuhmann (1869), Hermann Weingärtner (1864), Conrad Böcker (1870), Alfred Schwarzmann (1912), and Konrad Frey (1909). After him are Roland Brückner (1955), George Eyser (1870), Maxi Gnauck (1964), Andreas Wecker (1970), Marcel Nguyen (1987), and Fabian Hambüchen (1987).

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