ATHLETE

Andreas Krieger

1965 - Today

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Andreas Krieger (born 20 July 1965) is a German former shot putter who competed on the women's East German athletics team at SC Dynamo Berlin as Heidi Krieger. He was systematically and unknowingly doped with anabolic steroids for years by East German officials, which caused body chemistry issues. Being a trans man, Krieger subsequently underwent gender affirmation surgery. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andreas Krieger has received more than 455,651 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Andreas Krieger is the 618th most popular athlete (down from 283rd in 2019), the 4,536th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,718th in 2019) and the 41st most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Andreas Krieger ranks 618 out of 6,025Before her are Karen Hoff, Anatoly Alyabyev, Valeri Popenchenko, Don Thompson, Émile Grumiaux, and Ray Barbuti. After her are Karel Mejta Sr, Isao Okano, Richmond Landon, Yordanka Blagoeva, Alexandre Tuffère, and Georgios Roubanis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Andreas Krieger ranks 212Before her are Péricles Chamusca, Akina Nakamori, Hailemariam Desalegn, Trent Reznor, Eva Ionesco, and Guido Marini. After her are Michael Skibbe, Alexander Siddig, Prakash Raj, Dougray Scott, Sean Patrick Flanery, and Akylbek Japarov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Andreas Krieger ranks 4,536 out of 7,253Before her are Josef Bradl (1918), Albert Bernhard Frank (1839), Wolfgang Koeppen (1906), Erik Spiekermann (1947), Alwin Mittasch (1869), and Sheryl Lee (1967). After her are Wolfgang Unzicker (1925), Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau (1837), Leonard Nelson (1882), Natja Brunckhorst (1966), Saul Rubinek (1948), and Carl Locher (1851).

Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Andreas Krieger ranks 41Before her are Ilona Slupianek (1956), Vladimir Morozov (null), Peter-Michael Kolbe (1953), Ulrike Meyfarth (1956), Rudolf Harbig (1913), and Wolfgang Nordwig (1943). After her are Kurt Behrens (1884), Peter Frenkel (1939), Elfriede Kaun (1914), Bärbel Wöckel (1955), Hartmut Briesenick (1949), and Ingrid Becker (1942).