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Katrin Meissner

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Katrin Meissner (German: Katrin Meißner, born 17 January 1973) is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won three medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The fifteen-year-old triumphed with the GDR women's relay team in the 4×100 m medley and in the 4×100 m freestyle, and finished third in the 50 m freestyle. Meissner is one of the few East German swimmers to also swim for Germany after reunification. She represented Germany at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Katrin Meissner is the 370th most popular swimmer (down from 356th in 2024), the 6,728th most popular biography from Germany (down from 6,589th in 2019) and the 38th most popular German Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Katrin Meissner ranks 370 out of 709. Before her are József Szabó, Natalia Ishchenko, Petria Thomas, David Wilkie, David Berkoff, and Mireia Belmonte. After her are Andrea Fuentes, Domenico Fioravanti, Michelle Ford, David Popovici, Grant Hackett, and Pavlo Khnykin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Katrin Meissner ranks 1,000. Before her are Kiyotaka Ishimaru, Alexandra Quinn, Nikša Kaleb, Alexander Parygin, Mohamed Allalou, and Kenji Oshiba. After her are Pascal Touron, Angelica Bridges, Pekka Himanen, Yoshiyuki Takemoto, Noel Fielding, and Matthew Marsden.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Katrin Meissner ranks 6,731 out of 7,253. Before her are Steffen Peters (1964), Elisabeth Pähtz (1985), Michael Neumayer (1979), Viktoria Rebensburg (1989), Nicola Sansone (1991), and Linda Stahl (1985). After her are Torsten Jansen (1976), Sami Allagui (1986), Fabian Johnson (1987), Lars Burgsmüller (1975), Simon Geschke (1986), and Simon Terodde (1988).

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Among SWIMMERS In Germany

Among swimmers born in Germany, Katrin Meissner ranks 38. Before her are Britta Steffen (1983), Dagmar Hase (1969), Cornelia Sirch (1966), Daniela Hunger (1972), Manuela Stellmach (1970), and Birte Weigang (1968). After her are Thomas Lurz (1979), Jörg Hoffmann (1970), Daniela Samulski (1984), Christian Keller (1972), Sandra Völker (1974), and Mark Warnecke (1970).

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