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Roland Matthes

1950 - 2019

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Roland Matthes (German pronunciation: [ˈʁoːlant ˈmatəs], ; 17 November 1950 – 20 December 2019) was a German swimmer and the most successful backstroke swimmer of all time. Between April 1967 and August 1974 he won all backstroke competitions he entered. He won four European championships and three world championships in a row, and swam 19 world and 28 European records in various backstroke, butterfly and medley events. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roland Matthes has received more than 94,540 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Roland Matthes is the 12th most popular swimmer (down from 8th in 2019), the 3,094th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,391st in 2019) and the most popular German Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Roland Matthes ranks 12 out of 709. Before him are Amedee Reyburn, Duke Kahanamoku, Charles Devendeville, Rie Mastenbroek, Jimmy McLane, and Fernand Feyaerts. After him are Aileen Riggin, Henry Taylor, Greta Andersen, George Kojac, Ken Walsh, and Otto Wahle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Roland Matthes ranks 187. Before him are Geraldine James, David Cassidy, Tatjana Ždanoka, Adrian Năstase, Michio Ashikaga, and Anne Carson. After him are Daria Nicolodi, Ángel María Villar, Assef Shawkat, Jan Zajíc, Yuki Fushimi, and Yuen Wah. Among people deceased in 2019, Roland Matthes ranks 185. Before him are Momir Bulatović, Édith Scob, Maria Giuseppa Robucci, David Koch, Ross Perot, and Syd Mead. After him are Peggy Lipton, José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez, Negasso Gidada, Jean Guillou, José José, and Robert Evans.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Roland Matthes ranks 3,094 out of 7,253. Before him are Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1620), Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1819), Theodor Meynert (1833), E. F. Schumacher (1911), Johann Jakob Heckel (1790), and Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths (1759). After him are Cornelia Froboess (1943), Max von Oppenheim (1860), Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1800), Ernst Ziller (1837), David Garrett (1980), and Mehmet Scholl (1970).

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Among SWIMMERS In Germany

Among swimmers born in Germany, Roland Matthes ranks 1. After him are Kornelia Ender (1958), Hilde Schrader (1910), Erich Rademacher (1901), Barbara Krause (1959), Emil Rausch (1883), Georg Zacharias (1884), Max Hainle (1882), Michael Gross (1964), Max Schöne (1880), Otto Fahr (1892), and Ulrike Richter (1959).

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