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Margit Schumann

1952 - 2017

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Margit Schumann (14 September 1952 – 11 April 2017) was an East German luger who competed during the 1970s and early 1980s and was the 1976 Olympic Champion and four-time World Champion. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she won two medals in the women's singles event, a gold in 1976 and a bronze in 1972. Schumann also won four consecutive gold medals at the FIL World Luge Championships (1973–75, 1977). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Margit Schumann has received more than 18,475 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Margit Schumann is the 2,329th most popular athlete (down from 1,659th in 2019), the 5,805th most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,013th in 2019) and the 223rd most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Margit Schumann ranks 2,329 out of 6,025. Before her are Nikolai Sologubov, David Curtiss Munson, Maureen Gardner, Mel Pender, Abel Kiviat, and Lorne Loomer. After her are Lyubov Gurina, Celina Jesionowska, Nikolaos Kaklamanakis, Ramona Neubert, John Ngugi, and Chidi Imoh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Margit Schumann ranks 677. Before her are John Parr, John Barrasso, Alice Hoffman, James Forbes, Milena Duchková, and Sharda Sinha. After her are Oliver Knussen, Walter Mantegazza, Joe Borg, Lakshmi, Ernesto Díaz, and Linda M. Godwin. Among people deceased in 2017, Margit Schumann ranks 601. Before her are Dudley Storey, Nelsan Ellis, Sotsha Dlamini, Simon Dickie, Bruce Forsyth, and Lorne Loomer. After her are Peggy Cummins, Uli Vos, Jim Bunning, George Avakian, Nat Hentoff, and Al Lawrence.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Margit Schumann ranks 5,805 out of 7,253. Before her are Nele Neuhaus (1967), Dieter Kühn (1956), Rainer Simon (1941), Sandro Wagner (1987), Julia Reda (1986), and Peter Müller (1955). After her are Ramona Neubert (1958), Christoph Brüx (1965), Dieter Baumann (1965), Markus Gisdol (1969), Paul Biedermann (1986), and Judith Hermann (1970).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Margit Schumann ranks 223. Before her are Guido Kratschmer (1953), Stefan Junge (1950), Joachim Mattern (1948), Jochen Schümann (1954), Wolfgang Güldenpfennig (1951), and Volker Beck (1956). After her are Ramona Neubert (1958), Dieter Baumann (1965), Kirsten Emmelmann (1961), Werner von Moltke (1936), Thomas Schönlebe (1965), and Uli Vos (1946).

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