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Petra Thümer

1961 - Today

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Petra Thümer (later Deckert then Katzur, born 29 January 1961) is a former swimmer from East Germany. She won gold medals in the 400 m and 800 m freestyle at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1977 European Aquatics Championships. During her career she set five world records in the 400 m and 800 m freestyle. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Petra Thümer has received more than 38,002 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Petra Thümer is the 216th most popular swimmer (down from 168th in 2019), the 5,981st most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,380th in 2019) and the 25th most popular German Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Petra Thümer ranks 216 out of 709. Before her are Lillian Watson, Brad Cooper, Matt Vogel, Louis Handley, Jenny Thompson, and Shirley Babashoff. After her are Josephine McKim, Boy Charlton, Camille Muffat, Sergey Koplyakov, Judy Grinham, and Pablo Morales.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Petra Thümer ranks 669. Before her are Bonita Friedericy, Tonči Gabrić, Philippe Vande Walle, Peter Thomsen, Patricio Yáñez, and Dirk De Wolf. After her are Gintaras Krapikas, E. G. Daily, Maja Haderlap, Tracy Wilson, Howard Gordon, and Miro Gavran.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Petra Thümer ranks 5,981 out of 7,253. Before her are Peter Thomsen (1961), Peter Angerer (1959), Mike Hanke (1983), Oskar Roehler (1959), Kathrin Neimke (1966), and Daniel Theis (1992). After her are Max Kruse (1988), Daniel Caligiuri (1988), Christiane Wartenberg (1956), Barbara Krug (1956), Peter Hirsch (1925), and Daniel Domscheit-Berg (1978).

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Among SWIMMERS In Germany

Among swimmers born in Germany, Petra Thümer ranks 25. Before her are Caren Metschuck (1963), Rica Reinisch (1965), Ute Geweniger (1964), Jörg Woithe (1963), Kathleen Nord (1965), and Paul Biedermann (1986). After her are Franziska van Almsick (1978), Ines Geissler (1963), Silke Hörner (1965), Uwe Dassler (1967), Britta Steffen (1983), and Thomas Lurz (1979).

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