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Rüdiger Helm

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Rüdiger Helm (German pronunciation: [ˈʁyːdigɐ hɛlm], ; born in Neubrandenburg on 6 October 1956) was an East German sprint canoeist who competed from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won six medals which included three golds (1976: K-1 1000 m, 1980: K-1 1000 m, K-4 1000 m) and three bronzes (1976: K-1 500 m, K-4 1000 m; 1980: K-2 500 m). Helm also won 19 medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with ten golds (K-1 1000 m: 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983; K-2 500 m: 1978, K-4 500 m: 1983, K-4 1000 m: 1978, 1979, 1981), six silvers (K-1 1000 m: 1977, K-2 500 m: 1979, K-4 500 m: 1982, K-4 1000 m: 1975, 1982, 1983), and three bronzes (K-1 1000 m: 1975, K-2 1000 m: 1974, K-4 500 m: 1981). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Rüdiger Helm is the 2,010th most popular athlete (up from 2,222nd in 2024), the 5,516th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,726th in 2019) and the 193rd most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Rüdiger Helm ranks 2,010 out of 6,025. Before her are Franco Bertinetti, Anders Peter Nielsen, Derartu Tulu, Calvin Bricker, Nino Salukvadze, and Marion Roper. After her are Neroli Fairhall, Dušan Pašek, João Carlos de Oliveira, Gustaf Rosenquist, James Dunbar, and Don Finlay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Rüdiger Helm ranks 500. Before her are Ana Alicia, Yury Borisov, Jean-François Larios, Adam Arkin, José Vicente Sánchez, and Peter Tomka. After her are Sanda Toma, Imanol Arias, Faouzi Mansouri, Stefan Majewski, Jānis Bojārs, and Igor Korobov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rüdiger Helm ranks 5,519 out of 7,253. Before her are Anett Pötzsch (1960), Andrea Berg (1966), Nancy Faeser (1970), Silvia Neid (1964), Rolf Landauer (1927), and Claudia Brücken (1963). After her are Natalie Horler (1981), Georg Bühler (1837), Andrea Nahles (1970), Klaus-Jürgen Grünke (1951), Willy Birgel (1891), and Falko Götz (1962).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Rüdiger Helm ranks 193. Before her are Lutz Dombrowski (1959), Karl Neumer (1887), Frank Ullrich (1958), Petra Schersing (1965), Uschi Disl (1970), and Reinhard Eiben (1951). After her are Leni Junker (1905), Wolfgang Hanisch (1951), Volker Fischer (1950), Christiane Wartenberg (1956), Angelika Bahmann (1952), and Jutta Kirst (1954).

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