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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 348,542 page views. Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Heike Drechsler is the 175th most popular athlete (down from 140th in 2019), the 3,220th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,030th in 2019) and the 17th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Heike Drechsler ranks 175 out of 6,025. Before her are Charilaos Vasilakos, Milan Nenadić, Mariya Pisareva, George S. Robertson, Rosemarie Ackermann, and James Quinn. After her are Lia Manoliu, Margitta Gummel, Jay Cutler, Gunnar Höckert, Parry O'Brien, and Pierre Musy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Heike Drechsler ranks 122. Before her are Nino Burjanadze, H.P. Baxxter, Lee Jae-myung, Bjarne Riis, Michelle Fairley, and Doug Savant. After her are Gerald Vanenburg, Anne Applebaum, Andi Deris, Diana Krall, Anthony Delon, and Aviv Kochavi.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heike Drechsler ranks 3,220 out of 7,253. Before her are Rosemarie Ackermann (1952), Louis VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1658), Heinrich Karl Brugsch (1827), Jörg Breu the Elder (1475), Arno Schmidt (1914), and Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723). After her are Sandra Hüller (1978), Albert III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg (1373), Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (1905), Kurt Hahn (1886), Paul Friedrich August Ascherson (1834), and Auguste von Harrach (1800).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Heike Drechsler ranks 17. Before her are Lina Radke (1903), Paula Mollenhauer (1908), Bernhard Lehmann (1948), Angela Voigt (1951), Gretel Bergmann (1914), and Rosemarie Ackermann (1952). After her are Margitta Gummel (1941), Gisela Mauermayer (1913), Renate Stecher (1950), Carl Diem (1882), Karin Balzer (1938), and Marlies Göhr (1958).

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