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Christl Franziska Antonia Cranz-Borchers was a German alpine ski racer. Cranz dominated international competition in the 1930s, winning twelve world championship titles between 1934 and 1939. At the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, she won the combined competition.
Athletes from East Germany and West Germany competed together as the United Team of Germany at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 293 competitors, 238 men and 55 women, took part in 148 events in 17 sports.
Christel Simms is from Ewa Beach, Hawaii and was a college swimmer who attended the University of Southern California. She represented the Republic of the Philippines at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the sport of swimming for the 100-meter freestyle event.
Heinz Brandt was a German officer. During World War II he served as an aide to General Adolf Heusinger, the head of the operations unit of the General Staff. He may have inadvertently saved Adolf Hitler's life, at the cost of his own, by moving the bomb planted by Claus von Stauffenberg during the 20 July plot.
Christel Frese is a German former athlete who was successful as a 400-meter runner in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She competed for the Federal Republic of Germany in the 1972 Olympics. She won one silver and one bronze medal at European Championships with the 4x400-meter relay of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Christel Pascal is a former French alpine skier who competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Christel Steffin is a German former swimmer who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics and in the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Veronica Vdovicenco is a Moldovan swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. Vdovicenco qualified for the women's 50 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 26.30 from the Belarus Championships in Minsk. She challenged seven other swimmers on the sixth heat, including returning Olympian Ellen Lendra Hight of Zambia. She raced to fifth place by 0.28 of a second behind Christel Simms of the Philippines, with a time of 26.92 seconds. Vdovicenco failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed fiftieth out of 92 swimmers in the preliminary heats.
Loren Yamilé Bahamonde Cabello is an Ecuadorian swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and butterfly events. She represented her nation Ecuador at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has won a career total of three bronze medals in a major international competition, spanning the two editions of the South American Games. Moreover, she collected a total of sixteen national records in three freestyle events.
Nieh Pin-chieh is a Taiwanese swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. She represented the Chinese Taipei national team in two editions of the Olympic Games, competing in a sprint freestyle double.
Christel Felgner is a retired German gymnast. She competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and finished in fourth place with the German team. Her best individual result was 30th place in the vault. From 1966 she competed under the name Christel Wunder-Felgner.
Mei Yen “Christel” Bouvron is a Singaporean former swimmer, who specialised in freestyle and butterfly events. She is a two-time Olympian, a double finalist at the Asian Games (2002), and a gold medalist in the 200 m butterfly at the Southeast Asian Games (2003). Bouvron also became the first swimmer to qualify for the Olympics since 1920, while training for the Fighting Irish, and majoring in anthropology and classics at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.
Christel Ferrier-Bruneau is a French racing cyclist. She competed in the women's road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2013 UCI women's road race in Florence.
Christel Rupke was a German swimmer. She competed in the women's 100 metre backstroke at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Christel Agrikola is a German rower. She competed in the women's single sculls event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Christel Thoresen is a retired Norwegian snowboarder.
Cristina Hardekopf, also spelled Christina, is a diver who was Argentina's flag bearer at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. She was scheduled to compete in the Women's 3 metre springboard contest, but withdrew due to illness or an injury.
Christel Verstegen is a Dutch archer. She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics.
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