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Barbara Petzold

1955 - Today

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Barbara Petzold (later Beyer, born 8 August 1955) is a former East German Cross-country skier who competed during the 1970s and early 1980s. She won two gold medals at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid in the 10 km and the 4 × 5 km relay, and a bronze in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. Petzold also won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, earning three silvers (1974: 10 km, 4 × 5 km relay; 1978: 4 × 5 km relay) and one bronze (1982: 4 × 5 km relay). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barbara Petzold has received more than 15,345 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Barbara Petzold is the 180th most popular skier (up from 181st in 2019), the 5,523rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,860th in 2019) and the 12th most popular German Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Barbara Petzold ranks 180 out of 817. Before her are Barbro Martinsson, Edy Reinalter, Peter Müller, Bente Skari, Ossi Reichert, and Seiji Aochi. After her are Jari Puikkonen, Roger Staub, Pernilla Wiberg, Jani Soininen, Harri Kirvesniemi, and Otto Leodolter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Barbara Petzold ranks 492. Before her are Mitsuhisa Taguchi, Gerd Müller, András Törőcsik, Hassan Rowshan, Ennio Fantastichini, and Rajko Žižić. After her are John Nunn, Edward Duyker, Zinetula Bilyaletdinov, Paresh Rawal, Nello Musumeci, and Sandy Allen.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Barbara Petzold ranks 5,523 out of 7,253. Before her are Hans Theilig (1914), Rosa Kellner (1910), Dietmar Mögenburg (1961), Manfred Zapf (1946), Tilly Edinger (1897), and Arón Piper (1997). After her are Wolfdietrich Schnurre (1920), Liesel Westermann (1944), Alex Christensen (1967), Achim Müller (1938), Boris Gulko (1947), and Fritz Fromm (1913).

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Among SKIERS In Germany

Among skiers born in Germany, Barbara Petzold ranks 12. Before her are Franz Pfnür (1908), Heidi Biebl (1941), Johann Mühlegg (1970), Hans-Georg Aschenbach (1951), Georg Thoma (1937), and Ossi Reichert (1925). After her are Sven Hannawald (1974), Annemarie Buchner (1924), Martin Schmitt (1978), Katja Seizinger (1972), Markus Wasmeier (1963), and Veronika Schmidt (1952).

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