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Evelin Jahl

1956 - Today

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Evelin Jahl (née Schlaak and later Herberg, born 28 March 1956) is a German former discus thrower, who won two Olympic gold medals representing East Germany. In 1976 she won the women's discus throwing event at the Montreal Summer Olympics defeating favourite and world record holder Faina Melnik. In 1978 she set a new world record and also won the European Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Evelin Jahl has received more than 33,248 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Evelin Jahl is the 1,374th most popular athlete (down from 1,363rd in 2019), the 5,251st most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,791st in 2019) and the 112th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Evelin Jahl ranks 1,374 out of 6,025. Before her are Edward Moore, Pyrros Dimas, Ole Østmo, Bruny Surin, Albert White, and Gunhild Hoffmeister. After her are Richard Gunn, Mário de Noronha, Haruki Uemura, Marcel Lambert, Väinö Ikonen, and Miklós Szilvási.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Evelin Jahl ranks 420. Before her are Volker Zotz, Alexander Beglov, Pierre Pincemaille, Leonid Fedun, Andrew Lesnie, and Sylvestre Ntibantunganya. After her are Jonathan Palmer, Imanol Arias, Christine Hakim, Johan van der Velde, Igor Korobov, and Adam Arkin.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Evelin Jahl ranks 5,251 out of 7,253. Before her are Thomas Köhler (1940), Rüdiger Schnuphase (1954), Werner Haas (1927), Thomas Hitzlsperger (1982), Torsten Gütschow (1962), and Gunhild Hoffmeister (1944). After her are Moon Ga-young (1996), Bernhard Germeshausen (1951), Josef Ludwig von Armansperg (1787), Bernhard Langer (1957), Inge Helten (1950), and Dietmar Danner (1950).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Evelin Jahl ranks 112. Before her are Arthur Tell Schwab (1896), Dagmar Käsling (1947), Carla Bodendorf (1953), Hugo Strauß (1907), Thomas Köhler (1940), and Gunhild Hoffmeister (1944). After her are Bernhard Germeshausen (1951), Inge Helten (1950), Herbert Schade (1922), Rolf Danneberg (1953), Hartwig Gauder (1954), and Bernd Cullmann (1939).

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