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Halina Górecka

1938 - Today

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Halina Sylwia Górecka (née Richter, later Herrmann; born 4 February 1938) is a retired Polish and German sprinter. At the Summer Olympics she competed for Poland in 1956, 1960 and 1964 and for West Germany in 1968. She won a bronze and a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay in 1960 and 1964, respectively. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Halina Górecka has received more than 20,480 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Halina Górecka is the 852nd most popular athlete (down from 664th in 2019), the 1,049th most popular biography from Poland (down from 964th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Polish Athlete.

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  • 2.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Halina Górecka ranks 852 out of 6,025Before her are Francisco Villota, Guy Butler, Noboru Terada, Andy Stanfield, Kjell Bäckman, and Mark Midler. After her are Diana Yorgova, Rita Kühne, Inga Gentzel, Oscar Goßler, Vladimir Yashchenko, and Giuseppina Leone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Halina Górecka ranks 425Before her are Hudson Austin, Jerry Rubin, Marcel Artelesa, William Bolcom, Carlos Monsiváis, and Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn. After her are André Chorda, Yevgeny Nesterenko, Duane Eddy, Louis-Marie Billé, Lyubov Panchenko, and Ajdar Ismailov.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Halina Górecka ranks 1,049 out of 1,694Before her are Franz Mertens (1840), Edward Babiuch (1927), Gustaw Holoubek (1923), Mariusz Pudzianowski (1977), Piotr Zieliński (1994), and Käthe Kruse (1883). After her are Helga Haase (1934), Marek Jędraszewski (1949), Klaus Beer (1942), Władysław Broniewski (1897), Waldemar Pawlak (1959), and Anna Świrszczyńska (1909).

Among ATHLETES In Poland

Among athletes born in Poland, Halina Górecka ranks 15Before her are Elżbieta Krzesińska (1934), Ursula Happe (1926), Stanisław Kowalski (1910), Józef Szmidt (1935), Teresa Ciepły (1937), and Walter Bathe (1892). After her are Klaus Beer (1942), Danas Pozniakas (1939), Jan Werner (1946), Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (1929), Waldemar Baszanowski (1935), and Barbara Sobotta (1936).