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Michael Gross

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Michael Groß (German pronunciation: [ˈmɪçaʔeːl ˈɡʁoːs] ; born 17 June 1964), usually spelled Michael Gross in English, is a former competitive swimmer from Germany. He is 201 centimetres (6 ft 7 in) tall, and received the nickname "The Albatross" for his especially long arms that gave him a total span of 2.13 meters. Gross, competing for West Germany, won three Olympic gold medals, two in 1984 and one in 1988 in the freestyle and butterfly events, in addition to two World Championship titles in 1982, two in 1986 and one in 1991. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2024). Michael Gross is the 185th most popular swimmer (down from 89th in 2024), the 5,586th most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,166th in 2019) and the 16th most popular German Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Michael Gross ranks 185 out of 709. Before him are Amedee Reyburn, Anthony Nesty, Valerie Davies, John Hencken, Marie Corridon, and Sybil Bauer. After him are Inge de Bruijn, Bill Smith, Annie Speirs, Rica Reinisch, Mina Wylie, and Helen Wainwright.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Michael Gross ranks 465. Before him are Shuhei Yoshida, Markku Kanerva, Silke Möller, Afshin Ghotbi, Richard David Precht, and Sean Lau. After him are Maria Verónica Reina, Franco Ballerini, Vinnie Moore, David Eigenberg, Elisabeta Lipă, and Sevil Shhaideh.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Michael Gross ranks 5,589 out of 7,253. Before him are P. J. Soles (1950), Jan Hoffmann (1955), Tabea Zimmermann (1966), Katarina Barley (1968), Charlotte Link (1963), and Dagmar Neubauer (1962). After him are Sabine Braun (1965), Lars Eidinger (1976), Albrecht Behmel (1971), Manfred Klein (1947), Campino (1962), and Katrin Göring-Eckardt (1966).

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Among SWIMMERS In Germany

Among swimmers born in Germany, Michael Gross ranks 16. Before him are Andrea Pollack (1961), Max Hainle (1882), Max Schöne (1880), Hannelore Anke (1957), Ines Diers (1963), and Julius Frey (1881). After him are Rica Reinisch (1965), Ulrike Tauber (1958), Jörg Woithe (1963), Wilhelm Lützow (1892), Petra Thümer (1961), and Ute Geweniger (1964).

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