SWIMMER

Rica Reinisch

1965 - Today

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Rica Reinisch (later Assmann then Neumann; born 6 April 1965) is a retired swimmer from East Germany. She was a specialist in backstroke, setting four world records in the Moscow Games (three in 100 m backstroke: 1:01.51, 1:01.50 and 1:00.86; one in 200 m backstroke 2:11.77), at the age of fifteen. She won gold medals in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke and as a member of the 4 x 100 medley relay team. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Rica Reinisch is the 189th most popular swimmer (down from 179th in 2024), the 5,618th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,734th in 2019) and the 17th most popular German Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Rica Reinisch ranks 189 out of 709. Before her are Marie Corridon, Sybil Bauer, Michael Gross, Inge de Bruijn, Bill Smith, and Annie Speirs. After her are Mina Wylie, Helen Wainwright, Shiro Hashizume, Susan Pedersen, Missy Franklin, and Albán Vermes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Rica Reinisch ranks 465. Before her are Michal Šanda, Gerhard Rodax, Bogna Koreng, Johan Rockström, Richard K. Morgan, and Keiji Inafune. After her are Pascal Tayot, Gilles Panizzi, Yoshikazu Isoda, WestBam, Georgios Bartzokas, and Karin Alvtegen.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rica Reinisch ranks 5,620 out of 7,253. Before her are DJ Hell (1962), Thomas Dooley (1961), Ronald Weigel (1959), Ozan Güven (1975), and Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (1963). After her are Willy Ley (1906), Giorgos Donis (1969), Jörg Buttgereit (1963), Peter Schamoni (1934), Thomas Hitzlsperger (1982), WestBam (1965), and Boris Brejcha (1981).

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Among SWIMMERS In Germany

Among swimmers born in Germany, Rica Reinisch ranks 17. Before her are Max Hainle (1882), Max Schöne (1880), Hannelore Anke (1957), Ines Diers (1963), Julius Frey (1881), and Michael Gross (1964). After her are Ulrike Tauber (1958), Jörg Woithe (1963), Wilhelm Lützow (1892), Petra Thümer (1961), Ute Geweniger (1964), and Caren Metschuck (1963).

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