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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 14,269 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Barbara Petzold is the 181st most popular skier (down from 116th in 2019), the 4,876th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,314th in 2019) and the 12th most popular German Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Barbara Petzold ranks 181 out of 541Before her are Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Deborah Compagnoni, Stephan Eberharter, Anne Heggtveit, Toni Innauer, and Jan Halvarsson. After her are Jiří Parma, Lise-Marie Morerod, Michèle Jacot, Mikaela Shiffrin, Giorgio Di Centa, and Mateja Svet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Barbara Petzold ranks 449Before her are Tony Woodcock, Djoomart Otorbaev, Jack Lew, John Nunn, Sam Bottoms, and Andrew Stevens. After her are Ewine van Dishoeck, Matthias Herget, Mike Huckabee, Lisa Banes, Diana Scarwid, and Jim Montgomery.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Barbara Petzold ranks 4,876 out of 6,142Before her are Robert Huth (1984), Jonas Hector (1990), Christoph Kramer (1991), Siegrun Siegl (1954), Christian Oliver (1972), and Jens Spahn (1980). After her are Maria Furtwängler (1966), Beatrix von Storch (1971), Moon Ga-young (1996), Henry Maske (1964), Lutz Dombrowski (1959), and Heinz Ulzheimer (1925).

Among SKIERS In Germany

Among skiers born in Germany, Barbara Petzold ranks 12Before her are Jens Weißflog (1964), Johann Mühlegg (1970), Hans-Georg Aschenbach (1951), Georg Thoma (1937), Ossi Reichert (1925), and Sven Hannawald (1974). After her are Katja Seizinger (1972), Martin Schmitt (1978), Markus Wasmeier (1963), Jochen Danneberg (1953), Veronika Schmidt (1952), and Dieter Thoma (1969).