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Stefan Kretzschmar

1973 - Today

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Stefan Kretzschmar (German pronunciation: [ˈʃtɛfan ˈkrɛtʃmar]; born 17 February 1973) is a retired professional German handball player. The son of Peter Kretzschmar, a legendary handball player and coach in the former GDR (East Germany) and Waltraud Kretzschmar, a former handball player for the East German team and winner of Olympic team medals in silver (1976) and bronze (1980), he was a three-time Olympic athlete and winner of the Olympic silver medal with the German team in 2004. He is well known for his many tattoos and piercings. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stefan Kretzschmar has received more than 64,447 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Stefan Kretzschmar is the 2,971st most popular athlete (down from 2,230th in 2019), the 6,126th most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,386th in 2019) and the 298th most popular German Athlete.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Stefan Kretzschmar ranks 2,971 out of 6,025. Before him are Deni, Dick Pound, Katerina Stefanidi, Steffi Martin, Bogdan Musioł, and David Robertson. After him are Gloria Siebert, Svetlana Paramygina, Gabriel Medina, Han Xiaopeng, Daina Gudzinevičiūtė, and Tony Estanguet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Stefan Kretzschmar ranks 623. Before him are Jakob Piil, Ana Fernández, Ulyana Lopatkina, Langley Kirkwood, André Øvredal, and Mika Laitinen. After him are Eisuke Nakanishi, Pavel Latushko, Dileep Rao, Jesse Marsch, Takafumi Ogura, and Rubén Wolkowyski.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Stefan Kretzschmar ranks 6,126 out of 7,253. Before him are David Raum (1998), Masashi Hamauzu (1971), Steffi Martin (1962), Marco Werner (1966), Marius Wolf (1995), and Tron (1972). After him are Gloria Siebert (1964), Florian Gallenberger (1972), Hermann Gröhe (1961), Pascal Wehrlein (1994), Lars Klingbeil (1978), and Simon Terodde (1988).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Stefan Kretzschmar ranks 298. Before him are Monika Pflug (1954), Laura Dahlmeier (1993), Martina Jäschke (1960), Grit Breuer (1972), Balian Buschbaum (1980), and Steffi Martin (1962). After him are Gloria Siebert (1964), Carsten Embach (1968), Betty Heidler (1983), Ramona Portwich (1967), Andreas Tews (1968), and Ronny Weller (1969).

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