1937 - Today
Helmut Recknagel (born 20 March 1937 in Steinbach-Hallenberg) is an East German former ski jumper who was active in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He earned a gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics in ski jumping and also won the Holmenkollen ski festival ski jumping competition twice (1957 and 1960). At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, he won three medals: a bronze in 1958 and two medals in 1962, a gold in the individual large hill and a bronze in the individual normal hill. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helmut Recknagel has received more than 28,688 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Helmut Recknagel is the 39th most popular skier (up from 49th in 2019), the 3,758th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,819th in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Skier.
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Among skiers, Helmut Recknagel ranks 39 out of 541. Before him are Torbjørn Falkanger, Yukio Kasaya, Heidi Biebl, Josef Bradl, Laila Schou Nilsen, and Bojan Križaj. After him are Gunnar Eriksson, Marielle Goitschel, Maurilio De Zolt, Vreni Schneider, Gunde Svan, and Émile Allais.
1927 - 2013
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 33
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 34
1941 - 2022
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 35
1918 - 1982
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 36
1919 - 1998
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 37
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 38
1937 - Present
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 39
1921 - 1982
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 40
1945 - Present
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 41
1950 - Present
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 42
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 43
1962 - Present
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 44
1912 - 2012
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 45
Among people born in 1937, Helmut Recknagel ranks 271. Before him are Jack Nitzsche, Magnar Solberg, Ivo Daneu, Birju Maharaj, Barbro Lindgren, and Alfredo M. Bonanno. After him are Juan José Saer, Brian G. Marsden, Vittorio Adorni, David Margulies, Zoltán Horváth, and Anita Traversi.
1937 - 2000
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 265
1937 - Present
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 266
1937 - Present
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 267
1937 - 2022
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 268
1937 - Present
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 269
1937 - 2023
HPI: 48.79
Rank: 270
1937 - Present
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 271
1937 - 2005
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 272
1937 - 2010
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 273
1937 - 2022
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 274
1937 - 2016
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 275
1937 - Present
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 276
1937 - 1991
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 277
Among people born in Germany, Helmut Recknagel ranks 3,758 out of 6,142. Before him are Johann Georg Halske (1814), Bernhard Cullmann (1949), Karl Mai (1928), Friedrich Ludwig Schröder (1744), Hans Meyer (1858), and Detlev von Liliencron (1844). After him are Franz Nissl (1860), Edda Moser (1938), Heinrich Campendonk (1889), Friedrich Dickel (1913), Carl Joseph Begas (1794), and Theo Lingen (1903).
1814 - 1890
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 3,752
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 3,753
1928 - 1993
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 3,754
1744 - 1816
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 3,755
1858 - 1929
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 3,756
1844 - 1909
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 3,757
1937 - Present
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 3,758
1860 - 1919
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 3,759
1938 - Present
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 3,760
1889 - 1957
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 3,761
1913 - 1993
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 3,762
1794 - 1854
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 3,763
1903 - 1978
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 3,764
Among skiers born in Germany, Helmut Recknagel ranks 4. Before him are Hanni Wenzel (1956), Heidi Biebl (1941), and Josef Bradl (1918). After him are Rosi Mittermaier (1950), Jens Weißflog (1964), Johann Mühlegg (1970), Hans-Georg Aschenbach (1951), Georg Thoma (1937), Ossi Reichert (1925), Sven Hannawald (1974), and Barbara Petzold (1955).
1956 - Present
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 1
1941 - 2022
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 2
1918 - 1982
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 3
1937 - Present
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 4
1950 - 2023
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 5
1964 - Present
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 6
1970 - Present
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 7
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 8
1937 - Present
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 9
1925 - 2006
HPI: 41.96
Rank: 10
1974 - Present
HPI: 41.28
Rank: 11
1955 - Present
HPI: 40.53
Rank: 12