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Heike Drechsler

1964 - Today

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Heike Gabriela Drechsler (German pronunciation: [ˈhaɪkə ˈdʁɛkslɐ] ; née Daute; born 16 December 1964) is a German former track and field athlete who represented East Germany and later Germany. One of the most successful long jumpers of all-time, she is a former world record holder and ranks third on the all-time list with her legal best of 7.48 metres in 1988. Her marginally wind-assisted jump of 7.63 metres (+2.1) in 1992 at altitude in Sestriere, is still the furthest a woman has ever long jumped. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heike Drechsler has received more than 312,774 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Heike Drechsler is the 140th most popular athlete (up from 153rd in 2019), the 3,033rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,933rd in 2019) and the 9th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Heike Drechsler ranks 140 out of 3,059. Before her are Jürgen Schult, Lee Evans, Johan Grøttumsbråten, Lia Manoliu, Vyacheslav Vedenin, and Volmari Iso-Hollo. After her are Vsevolod Bobrov, Charilaos Vasilakos, Gaston Roelants, John Carlos, Waldemar Cierpinski, and Oscar Pistorius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Heike Drechsler ranks 119. Before her are Nino Burjanadze, Branco, Michael Rummenigge, Andrew Niccol, H.P. Baxxter, and John Norum. After her are Rosen Plevneliev, Rob Lowe, Hide, Jeff Hanneman, Daphne Caruana Galizia, and Doro.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heike Drechsler ranks 3,033 out of 6,142. Before her are Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel (1804), Heinrich Anton de Bary (1831), Rainald of Dassel (1114), Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1725), Johann Theodor of Bavaria (1703), and Walter Hohmann (1880). After her are Werner Schroeter (1945), Johannes Dieckmann (1893), Bernhard Romberg (1767), Infanta Adelgundes, Duchess of Guimarães (1858), Rolf Hochhuth (1931), and Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1863).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Heike Drechsler ranks 9. Before her are Dora Ratjen (1918), Fritz Hofmann (1871), Rosemarie Ackermann (1952), Armin Hary (1937), Lina Radke (1903), and Jürgen Schult (1960). After her are Waldemar Cierpinski (1950), Tilly Fleischer (1911), Margitta Gummel (1941), Carl Diem (1882), Friedrich Traun (1876), and Birgit Fischer (1962).

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