Anke is a female given name. It may refer to the following:
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Anke Baier-Loef
Anke Baier-Loef (''née'' Baier; born 22 May 1972) is a German speed skater who competed in the 1992, 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics.
She was born in Eisenach and is the wife of Arie Loef.
In 1992, she finished ninth in the 1000 metres event a ...
(born 1972), German speed skater
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Anke Behmer, née Vater (born 1961), former East German athlete
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Anke Borchmann
Anke Borchmann ( Grünberg; born 23 June 1954) is a rower who competed for East Germany in the 1970s.
Early life
Grünberg was born in Neukalen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, East Germany in 1954.
Rowing career
Grünberg competed for SC Dynamo Ber ...
(born 1954), German rower
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Anke Brockmann
Anke Brockmann (born 19 August 1988 in Berlin) is a German field hockey player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Germany women's national field hockey team
The Germany women's national field hockey team has represented the uni ...
(born 1988), German field hockey player
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Anke Dannowski, German mountain bike orienteering competitor
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Anke Ehrhardt
Anke A. Ehrhardt is a researcher in the field of sexual and gender development of children, adolescents, and adults. Her research has included a wide range of studies on determinants of sexual risk behavior among children, adolescents, heterosexua ...
, researcher into sexual and gender development of children, adolescents, and adults
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Anke Engelke
Anke Christina Fischer ( Engelke; born 21 December 1965) is a German comedian, actress, voice actress and television presenter.
Personal life
Born in Montreal, Canada, Engelke moved to Cologne, Germany in 1971 with her German parents. Early ...
(born 1965), German comedian, actress and voice-over actress born in Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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Anke Feller
Anke Feller (born 26 September 1971 in Göttingen) is a retired German sprinter, who specialized in the 400 metres.
Her personal best time is 51.82 seconds, achieved in July 1999 in Erfurt
Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the ...
(born 1971), retired German sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres
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Anke Fuchs
Anke Fuchs (; ; 5 July 1937 – 14 October 2019) was a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. She was Federal Minister for Youth, Family and Health (1982) and Vice President of the Bundestag (1998–2002). From ...
(born 1937), German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany
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Anke-Eve Goldmann
Anke-Eve Goldmann was a journalist for '' Cycle World'', ''Das Motorrad'' in Germany, ''Moto Revue'' in France and other international motorcycle magazines. Goldmann was a friend of author André Pieyre de Mandiargues and the inspiration for the ...
(born 1930), German former motorcycle journalist
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Anke Huber
Anke Huber (born 4 December 1974) is a German retired top-five professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1996 Australian Open – Women's singles, 1996 Australian Open and the 1995 WTA Tour Championships, 1995 W ...
(born 1974), German retired professional tennis player
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Anke Kühne née Kühn (born 1981), female field hockey player from Germany
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Anke Eißmann
Anke Katrin Eißmann (born 1977 in Dillenburg) is a German illustrator and graphic designer known for her illustrations of J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. She studied visual communication at Bauhaus University in Weimar and at the Colchester Instit ...
(born 1977), German illustrator and graphic designer known for her illustrations of Tolkien's work
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Anke Möhring (born 1969), former freestyle swimmer and Olympic medallist from East Germany
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Anke Nothnagel
Anke von Seck ( Nothnagel; born 10 September 1966 in Brandenburg an der Havel) is an East German-German sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won four medals with thre ...
(born 1966), East German-German sprint canoeist
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Anke Ohde
Anke Ohde (later Wegner, born 13 April 1955 in Malchin) is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1970s. She won five gold medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two in the K-1 500 m (1974, 1975), one in the K-2 5 ...
, East German sprint canoeist who competed in the mid-1970s
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Anke Pietrangeli
Anke Pietrangeli (born 16 November 1982) is a South African singer. She was the winner of the second season of popular talent search series '' Idols'' in South Africa in 2003. Like her predecessor, Heinz Winckler, Anke also had a nickname: The K ...
(born 1982), South African singer, winner of ''Idols in South Africa'' in 2003
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Anke Reschwam Schulze
Anke Reschwam Schulze (born 8 December 1972) is a German cross-country skier who has competed since 1992. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she finished fifth in the 4 × 5 km relay at Nagano in 1998 and had her best individual finish of tent ...
(born 1972), German cross country skier
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Anke Rijnders
Anthonia Marie "Anke" Rijnders (born 23 August 1956) is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for her native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics. As a member of the Dutch relay teams she finished in fifth pla ...
(born 1956), former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands
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Anke Scholz
Anke Scholz (born 25 November 1978 in Berlin) is a retired female swimmer from Germany, specialised in the freestyle and backstroke events. She was a member of the German women's relay team that won the silver medal in the 4 × 200m freestyle ev ...
(born 1978), retired female swimmer from Germany
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Anke Spoorendonk
Anke Spoorendonk (born 21 September 1947 in Busdorf) is a German politician from the South Schleswig Voters' Association (SSW). From 12 June 2012, until 28 June 2017 she was the Minister of Justice, Culture and European Affairs in the state governm ...
(born 1947), Danish-German politician
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Anke Van dermeersch
Anke Maria Flor Van dermeersch (born 27 October 1972) is a Belgian politician, former model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Belgium 1991 and represented Belgium at Miss World 1991 and Miss Universe 1992.
Pageantry
Anke Van ...
(born 1972), Flemish politician and former beauty queen
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Anke Vondung
Anke Vondung (born in Speyer, Rhineland-Palatinate in 1972), is a German mezzo-soprano. She was a member of the Semperoper Dresden from 2003 to 2006.
Career
She won third prize in the 1998 ARD International Music Competition in Munich.
She has s ...
(born 1972), German mezzo-soprano
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Anke Westendorf
Anke Westendorf (later Maukel, born 26 February 1954) is a German former volleyball player who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
She was born in Schwerin
Schwerin (; Mecklenburgisch diale ...
(born 1954), German former volleyball player
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Anke Wild
Anke Wild (born 12 October 1967) is a former field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the Women's National Team that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
She was temporarily allied with the former f ...
(born 1967), former field hockey player from Germany
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Anke Wischnewski
Anke Wischnewski (born 5 January 1978 in Annaberg-Buchholz, Saxony) is a German former luger who has competed since 2001 to 2014. She won two medals in the women's singles at the FIL World Luge Championships with a silver in 2007 and a bronze in ...
(born 1978), German luger who has competed since 2001
See also
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Hannelore Anke
Hannelore Anke (later Hofmann; born 8 December 1957) is a retired German swimmer who competed for East Germany in the 1970s.
Personal life
Anke was born in 1957 in Bad Schlema. Her mother had a senior position in a textile manufacturing plant ...
(born 1957), German swimmer who competed for East Germany in the 1970s
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''Anke'' (TV series), a German television series starring Anke Engelke
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Aunk
Aunk (anciently Anke) is a small hamlet and former manor in the parish of Clyst HydonPevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.271 in East Devon, England. The place-name is of Celtic origin along with ...
(originally Anke), hamlet in East Devon, England
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