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Kristel Köbrich

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Kristel Arianne Köbrich Schimpl (born August 9, 1985 in Santiago, Chile) is an Olympic long-distance freestyle swimmer from Chile. She was the country's flag bearer at the 2004 Olympics, and has participated in six consecutive Olympic Games: 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024. Regarded as the best Chilean swimmer in history, Köbrich currently holds the South American records in the women's 800m and 1500m freestyle for both long and short courses. She also holds the Chilean records in the 200m, 400m, 800m, and 1500m freestyles (with times of 2:04.81, 4:11.83, 8:21.66, and 15:57.57), and also in the 400m IM (4:58.68). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kristel Köbrich is the 653rd most popular swimmer (down from 470th in 2019), the 325th most popular biography from Chile (down from 316th in 2019) and the most popular Chilean Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Kristel Köbrich ranks 653 out of 709Before her are Liam Tancock, Lorenzo Zazzeri, Mitch Larkin, Christine Magnuson, Veronika Andrusenko, and Franziska Hentke. After her are Joanne Jackson, Kylie Masse, Dominik Kozma, Tyler Clary, Shi Jinglin, and Tamás Kenderesi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Kristel Köbrich ranks 1,586Before her are Wayne Routledge, Calvin Johnson, Liam Tancock, Jamie Cope, Will Clarke, and Christine Magnuson. After her are Taishi Tsukamoto, Phil Bardsley, Brent Seabrook, Takuro Kikuoka, Cédric Pineau, and Kazunori Kan.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, Kristel Köbrich ranks 325 out of 321Before her are Ángelo Sagal (1993), Luis Marín Barahona (1983), Martín Rodríguez (1994), Diego Rubio (1993), Karen Gallardo (1984), and Bryan Rabello (1994). After her are Virginia Yarur (1966), Francisca Lara (1990), Yanara Aedo (1993), Cristián Cuevas (1995), Cecilia Pérez (1974), and Samuel Parot (1964).

Among SWIMMERS In Chile

Among swimmers born in Chile, Kristel Köbrich ranks 1