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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 29,659 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Gerd Wessig is the 815th most popular athlete (up from 863rd in 2019), the 4,444th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,210th in 2019) and the 49th most popular German Athlete.

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  • 21

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Gerd Wessig ranks 815 out of 3,059. Before him are Aleksandr Aksinin, Ibrahim Shams, Willie Davenport, Conrad Magnusson, Maria Mutola, and Thorvald Strömberg. After him are Josef Feistmantl, Khadr El-Touni, Afanasijs Kuzmins, Carl Bertilsson, Olivér Halassy, and Mo Farah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Gerd Wessig ranks 292. Before him are Chris Hadfield, Thomas Calabro, Kevin Gage, Alexei Kasatonov, James LoMenzo, and Luis Pérez-Sala. After him are Zeca Pagodinho, Stephen Roche, Daniel Sturla, Ali Bujsaim, Talia Balsam, and Valdemaras Chomičius.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gerd Wessig ranks 4,444 out of 6,142. Before him are Despina Vandi (1969), Hermann Volk (1903), Dietrich Thurau (1954), Frank Mill (1958), August W. Eichler (1839), and Marie Hankel (1844). After him are Kerstin Gier (1966), Nelson Piquet Jr. (1985), Guido Knopp (1948), Heinz Kubsch (1930), Manfred Schnelldorfer (1943), and Erhard Keller (1944).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Gerd Wessig ranks 49. Before him are Karl-Friedrich Haas (1931), Christoph Höhne (1941), Ingrid Auerswald (1957), Monika Zehrt (1952), Markus Rühl (1972), and Ludwig Stubbendorf (1906). After him are Klaus Wolfermann (1946), Thomas Köhler (1940), Ingrid Gulbin (1943), Marita Lange (1943), Ulrike Meyfarth (1956), and Wilhelm Leichum (1911).

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