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Gerd Wessig

1959 - Today

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Gerd Wessig (German pronunciation: [ɡɛʁt ˈvɛsɪç], ; born 16 July 1959 in Lübz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) was an East German high jumper who won the gold medal in the 1980 Summer Olympics, the first man ever to set a world record in the high jump at the Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerd Wessig has received more than 32,571 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Gerd Wessig is the 746th most popular athlete (up from 815th in 2019), the 4,697th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,430th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Gerd Wessig ranks 746 out of 6,025. Before him are Robert Lindsay, Mutaz Essa Barshim, Chi Cheng, Christa Stubnick, Zdeněk Pecka, and Nina Dumbadze. After him are Oskar Olsen, Manfred Kokot, Robert Emmiyan, Nadezhda Konyayeva, Konrad Granström, and Annegret Richter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Gerd Wessig ranks 263. Before him are Rahm Emanuel, Fran Walsh, Sito Pons, Martin Brundle, Petra Felke, and Valdemaras Chomičius. After him are Stephen Chow, Ulrich Matthes, Rodrigo García, Prithvirajsing Roopun, Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, and Timoleón Jiménez.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gerd Wessig ranks 4,697 out of 7,253. Before him are Hans Jakob (1908), Karl Moritz Schumann (1851), Christa Stubnick (1933), Wolf Erlbruch (1948), Norbert Nigbur (1948), and Theodore Thomas (1835). After him are Ossi Oswalda (1897), Jürgen Möllemann (1945), Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff (1807), Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann (1785), Manfred Kokot (1948), and Peter Gilmore (1931).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Gerd Wessig ranks 52. Before him are Hartmut Briesenick (1949), Ingrid Becker (1942), Fritz Schwab (1919), Ingrid Auerswald (1957), Petra Felke (1959), and Christa Stubnick (1933). After him are Manfred Kokot (1948), Annegret Richter (1950), Kristin Otto (1966), Ulf Timmermann (1962), Arthur Jonath (1909), and Ernst Krebs (1906).

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