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Claudia Pechstein is a German speed skater. She has won five Olympic gold medals. With a total of nine Olympic medals, five gold, two silver, and two bronze, she was previously the most successful Olympic speed skater, male or female, of all time,. Pechstein is the most successful German Winter Olympian of all time. After the World Championships in Norway in February 2009, Pechstein was accused of blood doping and banned from all competitions for two years.
Claudia Nystad is a German top-level woman cross-country skier. She was born in Zschopau, East Germany, and represents the sports club WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal. Besides her civilian sports career, she serves as a sports soldier with the German Federal Armed Forces.
Claudia Losch is a retired German shot putter. She is the 1984 Olympic Champion. Shortly after the Olympics, she competed in the 100 metres at the Friendship Games in Prague, which were held as an event for sportspeople from Communist countries who were boycotting that year's Olympics: she was unable to repeat her Olympic medal success there. At the 1988 Olympic Games, she finished fifth. She is also the 1989 World Indoor Champion and won the European Indoor title three times.
Jean-Luc Brassard is a Canadian freestyle skier, winning the gold medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics. Brassard has been credited with popularizing the wearing of bright knee pads to show off absorption and leg position for mogul skiers to best show judges how smoothly the athlete is taking the turns. He was born in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec. In his other Olympic appearances, Brassard placed 7th in 1992, 4th in 1998 and 21st in 2002.
Sylvia Úrsula Poll Ahrens is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from Costa Rica. At the 1988 Olympics, she won Costa Rica's first Olympic medal, when she garnered the silver in the women's 200 free. As of 2009, she and her younger sister Claudia are Costa Rica's only Olympic medalists. Sylvia also swam for Costa Rica at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Claudia Anne Kolb, also known by her married name Claudia Thomas, is an American former competition swimmer, swim coach, two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in four events.
Claudia Antoinette Zwiers is a judoka from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at two Summer Olympics. She won the bronze medal in the women's middleweight division (–66 kg) in Atlanta, United States (1996).
Claudia Inés Burkart is an Argentine field hockey player who won the bronze medal with the national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Claudia has also won two World Cups, four Champions Trophy, two gold medals at the Pan American Games and two Pan American Cups.
Lynn Marie Vidali, also known by her married name Lynn Gautschi, is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder.
Claudia Blasberg is a German rower.
Claudia Riegler is a snowboarder from Austria. She competed for Austria at the 2010 Winter Olympics in parallel giant slalom, finishing seventh. Riegler later captured silver and bronze medals at the 2011 FIS Snowboarding World Championships.
Claudia Laura Grigorescu is a retired Romanian foil fencer who won a team bronze medal at the 1992 Olympics. She also won six medals at the world championships between 1987 and 1998, including a team gold in 1994 and an individual silver in 1991.
Claudia Hempel is a German former swimmer who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Claudia Balderrama Ibañez is a Bolivian race-walker of partial Aymara ancestry. She was born in Catavi, Llallagua, Potosí, and competed for Bolivia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing 33rd in a new personal best of 1:33:28.
Claudia Jean Clevenger, also known by her married name Claudia Hernandez, is an American former competition swimmer and world record-holder. Clevenger represented the United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. She finished fourth in the final of the women's 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:42.88.
Claudia Malzahn is a German judoka. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed in the Women's 63 kg, but was defeated in the first round.
Claudia Riegler is an alpine skier from Austria who competes in slalom skiing for New Zealand.
Claudia Weber is a German former judoka. She competed in the women's heavyweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Cláudia de Paula Costa Magalhães is a Brazilian gymnast. She competed in five events at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Claudia Fortin is a Honduran swimmer. She competed in six events at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
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