1947 - Today
Frank Charles Shorter (born October 31, 1947) is an American former long-distance runner who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Shorter has received more than 454,921 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Frank Shorter is the 367th most popular athlete (up from 431st in 2019), the 3,927th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,746th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular German Athlete.
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Among athletes, Frank Shorter ranks 367 out of 3,059. Before him are Nawal El Moutawakel, Allen Woodring, Ioannis Theodoropoulos, Gösta Andersson, Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos, and Nick Winter. After him are Erik Lundqvist, Józef Szmidt, Giulio Gaudini, Harri Larva, Imre Nagy, and Honus Wagner.
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 361
1898 - 1982
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 362
1900 - Present
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 363
1917 - 1975
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 364
1875 - 1956
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 365
1894 - 1955
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 366
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 367
1908 - 1963
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 368
1935 - Present
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 369
1904 - 1948
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 370
1906 - 1980
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 371
1933 - 2013
HPI: 47.69
Rank: 372
1874 - 1955
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 373
Among people born in 1947, Frank Shorter ranks 398. Before him are Tristan Murail, Steve Marriott, Goran Paskaljević, Peter Chen, Candy Clark, and Rikky von Opel. After him are Philémon Yang, Prince Hassan bin Talal, Akira Terao, Gerald McRaney, Ntare V of Burundi, and Daishiro Yoshimura.
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 392
1947 - 1991
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 393
1947 - 2020
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 394
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 395
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 396
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 397
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 398
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 399
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 400
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 401
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 402
1947 - 1972
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 403
1947 - 2003
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 404
Among people born in Germany, Frank Shorter ranks 3,927 out of 6,142. Before him are Theo Waigel (1939), Anton Diffring (1916), Gerhard Ritter (1888), Johan Zoffany (1733), Yaakov Litzman (1948), and Uwe Rahn (1962). After him are Elisabeth Schumann (1888), Michael Gwisdek (1942), Walter Kempowski (1929), Ernst Hoppenberg (1878), Jeri Ryan (1968), and Bruno Labbadia (1966).
1939 - Present
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 3,921
1916 - 1989
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 3,922
1888 - 1967
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 3,923
1733 - 1810
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 3,924
1948 - Present
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 3,925
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 3,926
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 3,927
1888 - 1952
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 3,928
1942 - 2020
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 3,929
1929 - 2007
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 3,930
1878 - 1937
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 3,931
1968 - Present
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 3,932
1966 - Present
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 3,933
Among athletes born in Germany, Frank Shorter ranks 22. Before him are Gisela Mauermayer (1913), Hans Günter Winkler (1926), Karin Balzer (1938), Andreas Krieger (1965), Wolfgang Nordwig (1943), and Karl Hein (1908). After him are Christa Stubnick (1933), Renate Stecher (1950), Marlies Göhr (1958), Arthur Jonath (1909), Elfriede Kaun (1914), and Ulf Timmermann (1962).
1913 - 1995
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 16
1926 - 2018
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 17
1938 - 2019
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 18
1965 - Present
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 19
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 20
1908 - 1982
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 21
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 22
1933 - 2021
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 23
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 24
1958 - Present
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 25
1909 - 1963
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 26
1914 - 2008
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 27
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 28