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Hagen Melzer

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Hagen Melzer (born 16 June 1959, in Bautzen) is a former East German middle and long-distance runner who specialised in the 3000 m steeplechase. He won the gold medal at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart. A year later he won the silver medal at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, where he set a national record at 8:10.32 minutes. This remained his career best time, and places him second on the German all-time performers list behind Damian Kallabis, who ran in 8:09.48 minutes in 1999. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Hagen Melzer is the 2,848th most popular athlete (up from 3,273rd in 2024), the 6,077th most popular biography from Germany (up from 6,298th in 2019) and the 307th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Hagen Melzer ranks 2,848 out of 6,025. Before him are Susan Williams, Nathalie Santer-Bjørndalen, Viktor Bryzhin, Anne Briand, Lee Han-sup, and Patriz Ilg. After him are Liu Yang, Marc-André Fleury, Steffi Nerius, Ivan Ivanov, Anzhela Balakhonova, and Mike Boit.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Hagen Melzer ranks 667. Before him are Anna Diamantopoulou, Ángeles Caso, Paul Kaba Thieba, Aleksandr Karshakevich, Gregory Kaidanov, and Tor Endresen. After him are Monica Macovei, Raffi Hovannisian, Hajime Ishii, Dagmar Lurz, Mick McCarthy, and Randy Travis.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hagen Melzer ranks 6,080 out of 7,253. Before him are Heike Friedrich (1970), Uwe Heppner (1962), Josip Stanišić (2000), Fritz Walter (1960), Tobias Santelmann (1980), and Patriz Ilg (1957). After him are Steffi Nerius (1972), Nadja Uhl (1972), Katja Woywood (1971), Sascha Paeth (1970), Andreas Kappes (1965), and Dagmar Lurz (1959).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Hagen Melzer ranks 307. Before him are Ramona Balthasar (1964), Olaf Förster (1962), Betty Heidler (1983), Christina Obergföll (1981), Uwe Heppner (1962), and Patriz Ilg (1957). After him are Steffi Nerius (1972), Willi Wülbeck (1954), Kathrin Boron (1969), Antje Harvey (1967), Frank Luck (1967), and Bernd Eichwurzel (1964).

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