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Silke Hörner

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Silke Hörner (born 12 September 1965) is a German former breaststroke swimmer, a leading member of the 1980s East German swimming team. She won two Olympic gold medals, in the 200 m breaststroke and 4×100 m medley relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, and set four individual world records. She was named by Swimming World Magazine as European Swimmer of the Year in 1985 and 1987, but her achievements are regarded with suspicion due to the state-run systematic doping program run by East Germany. In 1991, former East German swimming coach Michael Regner claimed that in the 1980s he had been instructed to distribute anabolic steroids to team swimmers, including Hörner. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Silke Hörner is the 255th most popular swimmer (down from 247th in 2024), the 6,127th most popular biography from Germany (up from 6,151st in 2019) and the 28th most popular German Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Silke Hörner ranks 253 out of 709. Before her are Anita Lonsbrough, Tim Shaw, Petra Schneider, and Anne Ottenbrite. After her are Alex Baumann, Oussama Mellouli, Beverley Whitfield, Jenny Thompson, Peter Evans, Donna de Varona, Károly Güttler, and Janet Evans.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Silke Hörner ranks 760. Before her are Anton Doboș, Božidar Đelić, Ahn Jae-hyung, Francis Moreau, Dominique Herr, and Emil Săndoi. After her are Igor Milanović, Derek Redmond, Mitar Mrkela, Carl Fogarty, Andrzej Wroński, and Elvira Mínguez.

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Among SWIMMERS In Germany

Among swimmers born in Germany, Silke Hörner ranks 28. Before her are Ute Geweniger (1964), Caren Metschuck (1963), Ines Geissler (1963), Heike Friedrich (1970), Paul Biedermann (1986), and Petra Schneider (1963). After her are Franziska van Almsick (1978), Kathleen Nord (1965), Uwe Dassler (1967), Britta Steffen (1983), Dagmar Hase (1969), and Cornelia Sirch (1966).

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