1959 - Today
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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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.
1954 - 2020
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 809
1917 - 2001
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 810
1943 - 2002
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 811
1874 - 1924
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 812
1972 - Present
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 813
1931 - 2010
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 814
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 815
1939 - 2019
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 816
1915 - 1956
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 817
1947 - Present
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 818
1889 - 1968
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 819
1909 - 1946
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 820
1983 - Present
HPI: 44.32
Rank: 821
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.
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 286
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.43
Rank: 287
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 288
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 289
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 290
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 291
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 292
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.32
Rank: 293
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 294
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 295
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.27
Rank: 296
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 297
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 298
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).
1969 - Present
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 4,438
1903 - 1988
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 4,439
1954 - Present
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 4,440
1958 - Present
HPI: 44.39
Rank: 4,441
1839 - 1887
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 4,442
1844 - 1929
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 4,443
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 4,444
1966 - Present
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 4,445
1985 - Present
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 4,446
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 4,447
1930 - 1993
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 4,448
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 4,449
1944 - Present
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 4,450
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).
1931 - 2021
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 43
1941 - Present
HPI: 44.96
Rank: 44
1957 - Present
HPI: 44.92
Rank: 45
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.86
Rank: 46
1972 - Present
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 47
1906 - 1941
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 48
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 49
1946 - Present
HPI: 44.09
Rank: 50
1940 - Present
HPI: 44.09
Rank: 51
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 52
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.00
Rank: 53
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 54
1911 - 1941
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 55