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Dieter Krause

1936 - 2020

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Dieter Krause (18 January 1936 – 10 August 2020) was a German sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s. He won a gold medal in the K-1 4×500 m event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome (with Paul Lange, Günther Perleberg and Friedhelm Wentzke). Krause also won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-4 1000 m: 1963), a silver (K-2 1000 m: 1963), and two bronzes (K-1 500 m: 1958, K-1 4×500 m: 1963). He was a Stasi informer under the codename "Reiner Lesser". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Dieter Krause is the 1,022nd most popular athlete, the 4,982nd most popular biography from Germany and the 78th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Dieter Krause ranks 1,022 out of 6,025. Before him are Valeri Vasiliev, Helga Seidler, Guy Drut, Philip Waruinge, Ragnar Malm, and Gabi. After him are Yordanka Donkova, René Barbier, András Székely, Roman Steinberg, Christina Lathan, and Jopie Selbach.

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Among people born in 1936, Dieter Krause ranks 435. Before him are Rosa Russo Iervolino, Juan Seminario, Jan Sokol, Ádám Bodor, Lazarus Salii, and Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. After him are Nh. Dini, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Eduard Gufeld, Juris Upatnieks, Ernest Shonekan, and Harry Bild. Among people deceased in 2020, Dieter Krause ranks 513. Before him are Cabeção, Johnny Mandel, Damián Iguacén Borau, Judith Jarvis Thomson, Arkady Andreasyan, and Marge Champion. After him are Ali Bozer, Soumitra Chatterjee, Wolfgang Clement, Jacques Beurlet, Marcelino dos Santos, and Vladimir Andreyev.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Dieter Krause ranks 4,982 out of 7,253. Before him are Timo Glock (1982), Helga Seidler (1949), Hermann Pilnik (1914), Shkodran Mustafi (1992), Manfred Kaiser (1929), and Aki Schmidt (1935). After him are George Eyser (1870), Jürgen Marcus (1948), Georg Dascher (1911), Christina Lathan (1958), Heinz Prüfer (1896), and Sigmund Haringer (1908).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Dieter Krause ranks 78. Before him are Frank Shorter (1947), Erich Borchmeyer (1905), Martin Lauer (1937), Gustav Schäfer (1906), Johanna Klier (1952), and Helga Seidler (1949). After him are Christina Lathan (1958), Wilhelm Leichum (1911), Ellen Streidt (1952), Frank Forberger (1943), Klaus Wolfermann (1946), and Hanns Braun (1886).

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