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Birgit Fischer

1962 - Today

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Birgit Fischer (German pronunciation: [ˈbɪʁɡɪt ˈfɪʃɐ] ; born 25 February 1962) is a German former kayaker, who has won eight gold medals over six different Olympic Games, a record she shares with Aladár Gerevich and Isabell Werth, spanning seven Olympiads: twice representing East Germany (interrupted by the boycott of 1984), then four times representing the reunited nation. After both the 1988 and 2000 games, she announced her retirement, only to return for the subsequent games. She has been both the youngest- and oldest-ever Olympic canoeing champion (ages 18 and 42). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Birgit Fischer has received more than 160,296 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Birgit Fischer is the 366th most popular athlete (down from 195th in 2019), the 4,012th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,371st in 2019) and the 26th most popular German Athlete.

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  • 34

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  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Birgit Fischer ranks 366 out of 6,025. Before her are Dexter Jackson, Richard Sheldon, Faina Melnik, Albert Ayat, Pat McCormick, and Ivo Van Damme. After her are Julius Skutnabb, Nicolae Neagoe, Pål Tyldum, Franjo Mihalić, Tore Sjöstrand, and Norman Read.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Birgit Fischer ranks 180. Before her are Nawal El Moutawakel, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, Jack Irons, Ari Folman, Julio César Chávez, and Kim Vilfort. After her are Rita, Choi Myung-gil, Yuri Gidzenko, Titus Welliver, Magdalena Georgieva, and Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Birgit Fischer ranks 4,012 out of 7,253. Before her are Charles Régnier (1914), Rudolf Augstein (1923), Albert von Le Coq (1860), Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1761), Margot Hielscher (1919), and Johann Gottfried Zinn (1727). After her are Martina Gedeck (1961), Hermann Gunkel (1862), Georg Marcgrave (1610), Carl Graebe (1841), Justus Möser (1720), and Ulf Merbold (1941).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Birgit Fischer ranks 26. Before her are Renate Stecher (1950), Carl Diem (1882), Karin Balzer (1938), Marlies Göhr (1958), Karl Hein (1908), and Gabriele Reinsch (1963). After her are Marianne Werner (1924), Hans Günter Winkler (1926), Udo Beyer (1955), Annelie Ehrhardt (1950), Ingrid Gulbin (1943), and Heide Rosendahl (1947).

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