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Armin Hary

1937 - Today

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Armin Hary (German pronunciation: [ˈaʁmiːn ˈhaːʁi] ; (born 22 March 1937) is a retired German sprinter who won the 1960 Olympic 100 meters dash. He was the first non-American to win the event since Percy Williams of Canada took the gold medal in 1928, the only German to ever win the event in the history of the Olympics, the first man to run 100 meters in 10.0 seconds and the last White man to establish a world record in 100 meters dash. "The most amazing sprinter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Armin Hary has received more than 206,697 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Armin Hary is the 92nd most popular athlete (up from 112th in 2019), the 2,389th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,834th in 2019) and the 6th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Armin Hary ranks 92 out of 6,025. Before him are Robert Garrett, Harry Porter, Maxie Long, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Josy Barthel, and Eddie Eagan. After him are Heather Armitage, Gustav Flatow, Elvīra Ozoliņa, Niels Holst-Sørensen, Ralph Rose, and Dora Ratjen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Armin Hary ranks 158. Before him are Edward Fox, Erich Segal, Gundula Janowitz, Otto Pfister, Sofiko Chiaureli, and Don Bluth. After him are Paolo Bonacelli, Robert Ressler, Viktor Ponedelnik, Lajos Portisch, Robert B. Wilson, and Audrys Bačkis.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Armin Hary ranks 2,389 out of 7,253. Before him are Heinz Brandt (1907), Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine (1908), Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688), Georg Gänswein (1956), Fritz Witt (1908), and Johann Christian Reil (1759). After him are Princess Maria Christina of Saxony (1770), Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg (1857), Stephen the Posthumous (1236), Peter Schöffer (1420), Horst Eckel (1932), and Hans Litten (1903).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Armin Hary ranks 6. Before him are Marita Koch (1957), Luz Long (1913), Walter Schröder (1932), Jürgen Schult (1960), and Fritz Hofmann (1871). After him are Dora Ratjen (1918), Friedrich Traun (1876), Tilly Fleischer (1911), Waldemar Cierpinski (1950), Lina Radke (1903), and Paula Mollenhauer (1908).

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