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Ulrich Wehling

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Ulrich Wehling (born 8 July 1952 in Halle) is a retired German skier who won the nordic combined event in the Winter Olympics three consecutive times, in 1972, 1976, and 1980. Wehling was the first man to win three consecutive gold medals in the same event at Winter Olympics but not the first Olympian to win three Gold in a winter discipline as Gillis Grafström had won a figure skating title at the Summer Olympics 1920 before winning twice at the first two Winter Olympics. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, Wehling won two Nordic combined medals with a gold in 1974 and a bronze in 1978. Wehling also won the Nordic combined at the Holmenkollen ski festival three straight years (1975–1977). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Ulrich Wehling is the 15,177th most popular politician (up from 17,268th in 2024), the 4,810th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,695th in 2019) and the 1,202nd most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ulrich Wehling ranks 15,178 out of 19,576. Before him are Saeed Jalili, Earle Page, Remy Bonjasky, Stefan Yanev, Taki Inoue, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, and Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight. After him are Gennaios Kolokotronis, Islam Shah Suri, John Ross, Ali Sastroamidjojo, and Louis Ruchonnet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Ulrich Wehling ranks 408. Before him are Charlie Whiting, Jean-Christophe Rufin, André Comte-Sponville, Mario Runco Jr., Linda Thomas-Greenfield, and Allen Collins. After him are Joe Earl, Michael Behe, Linda Martin, Sushma Swaraj, David R. Ellis, and Randy Jones.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ulrich Wehling ranks 4,813 out of 7,253. Before him are Ralph Kronig (1904), Heinrich Hax (1900), Francis Buchholz (1954), Sarah Kirsch (1935), Tomislav Marić (1973), and Hartwig Gauder (1954). After him are Hermann Josef Abs (1901), René Kollo (1937), Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch (1857), Ulf Timmermann (1962), Paul Peter Ewald (1888), and Christiane Nord (1943).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Ulrich Wehling ranks 1,202. Before him are Georg Friedrich von Martens (1756), Christian Lindner (1979), Helene Lange (1848), Princess Marie of Hanover (1849), Paul Rudolf von Bilguer (1815), and Klaus von Dohnanyi (1928). After him are Julius Curtius (1877), Paul Matschie (1861), Paul Warburg (1868), Walter Behrendt (1914), Heinrich Held (1868), and Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg (1839).

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