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Sylke Otto

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Sylke Otto (born 7 July 1969) is a German former luger who competed from 1991 to 2007. She was born in Karl-Marx-Stadt. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she won the gold medal in the women's singles event in 2002 and 2006. Otto won twelve medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with six golds (Women's singles: 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005; Mixed team: 2003, 2005), three silvers (Mixed team: 1997, 2000, 2001), and three bronzes (Women's singles: 1999, 2004; Mixed team: 1999). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Sylke Otto is the 3,651st most popular athlete (up from 3,700th in 2024), the 6,452nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 6,476th in 2019) and the 397th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Sylke Otto ranks 3,651 out of 6,025Before her are Ekaterina Karsten, Ramaz Paliani, Richard Schmidt, Vita Styopina, Claudia Heill, and Eskild Ebbesen. After her are Benita Fitzgerald-Brown, Danka Barteková, Dominic Andres, Derek Ibbotson, Miltiadis Tentoglou, and Bart Veldkamp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Sylke Otto ranks 937Before her are Olga Slyusareva, Jiří Dienstbier Jr., Marit van Eupen, Ildikó Mádl, Koji Maeda, and Tracey Gold. After her are Dmitri Khristich, Javier Margas, Brendan Shanahan, Johnny Mølby, Nicodemo Gentile, and Edwidge Danticat.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Sylke Otto ranks 6,455 out of 7,253Before her are Tolgay Arslan (1990), Barbara Schöneberger (1974), Olia Tira (1988), Marsha Vadhanapanich (1970), Alexander Fehling (1981), and Katherine Freese (1957). After her are Armin Eichholz (1964), Andreas Klier (1976), Uwe Gensheimer (1986), Danilo Hondo (1974), Patrick Sensburg (1971), and Andreas Keller (1965).

Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Sylke Otto ranks 397Before her are Stefan Kretzschmar (1973), Bahne Rabe (1963), André Lange (1973), Steffen Zühlke (1965), Steffen Bogs (1965), and Helga Arendt (1964). After her are Armin Eichholz (1964), Andreas Keller (1965), Kerstin Müller (1969), André Steiner (1970), Thomas Reineck (1967), and Beate Koch (1967).