# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barbel-koster
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:03:31.486Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barbel-koster"
name: "Bärbel Köster"
slug: "barbel-koster"
description: "Bärbel Köster was an East German canoe sprinter who competed in the mid to late 1970s. She won a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal."
tagline: "East German canoe racer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-R0714-105%2C_Montreal%2C_Sommerolympiade%2C_DDR-_Kanutinnen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1957-05-26"
deathDate: "2025-09-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.28
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.73812133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "贝贝尔·克斯特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bärbel Köster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A4rbel_K%C3%B6ster"
    title: "Bärbel Köster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A4rbel_K%C3%B6ster"
    title: "Bärbel Köster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A4rbel_K%C3%B6ster"
    title: "Bärbel Köster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%84_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "باربل کوستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bärbel Köster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A4rbel_K%C3%B6ster"
    title: "Bärbel Köster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A4rbel_K%C3%B6ster"
    title: "Bärbel Köster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A4rbel_K%C3%B6ster"
    title: "Bärbel Köster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A4rbel_K%C3%B6ster"
    title: "Bärbel Köster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Кёстер, Бербель"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bärbel Köster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A4rbel_K%C3%B6ster"
    title: "Bärbel Köster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%84_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%B9%D8%B1"
    title: "بربل کوسٹر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bärbel Köster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1019035"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump