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Wolfgang Hoppe

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Wolfgang Hoppe (German pronunciation: [ˈhɔppə]; born 14 November 1957, Apolda, Thuringia) is a former East German decathlete, bob pilot and 36-time international medal winner who competed from the early 1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won six medals with two golds (Two-man: 1984, Four-man: 1984), three silvers (Two-man: 1988, Four-man: 1988, 1992), and one bronze (1994). At the opening ceremonies of the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, Hoppe carried the flag of Germany, who was competing as a unified nation in the Winter Olympics for the first time since the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Hoppe also won fourteen medals at the FIBT World Championships with six golds (Two-man: 1985, 1986, 1989; Four-man: 1991, 1995, 1997), one silver (Four-man: 1987), and seven bronzes (Two-man: 1983, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993; Four-man: 1989, 1996). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Wolfgang Hoppe is the 3,066th most popular athlete (down from 2,194th in 2024), the 6,197th most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,707th in 2019) and the 337th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Wolfgang Hoppe ranks 3,066 out of 6,025. Before him are Shawnacy Barber, Darya Klishina, Maurren Maggi, Kenth Eldebrink, Julius Kariuki, and Fabiana Murer. After him are Mauro Numa, Carla Sacramento, Yermakhan Ibraimov, Ximena Restrepo, Vanja Gesheva-Tsvetkova, and Aaron Brown.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Wolfgang Hoppe ranks 711. Before him are Poly Styrene, Daniel W. Bursch, Bill Cassidy, Eric Lander, Nikolay Larionov, and Barbara Jordan. After him are Nick Faldo, Kyle Secor, Peter Deming, Cindy Wilson, Mark Lawrenson, and Robert de Castella.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wolfgang Hoppe ranks 6,200 out of 7,253. Before him are Anke Behmer (1961), Ingo Weißenborn (1963), Alexandra Popp (1991), Albert, 12th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1983), Nils Petersen (1988), and Moritz Leitner (1992). After him are Alexander Graf Lambsdorff (1966), Sinan Şamil Sam (1974), John Brooks (1993), Uwe Messerschmidt (1962), Felix Kroos (1991), and Tayfur Havutçu (1970).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Wolfgang Hoppe ranks 337. Before him are Ronny Weller (1969), Dietmar Schauerhammer (1955), Katrin Apel (1973), Bettina Schmidt (1960), Anke Behmer (1961), and Ingo Weißenborn (1963). After him are Sabine Everts (1961), Oliver Kegel (1961), Christiane Weber (1962), Balian Buschbaum (1980), Helga Radtke (1962), and Andreas Stähle (1965).

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