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Jürgen Hingsen

1958 - Today

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Jürgen Hingsen (German pronunciation: [ˈjʏʁɡn̩ ˈhɪŋsn̩] ; born 25 January 1958) is a former West German decathlete who won several medals at international championships and Olympic Games in the 1980s, and held the decathlon world record in 1982 and again from 1983 to 1984. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jürgen Hingsen has received more than 147,366 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Jürgen Hingsen is the 1,988th most popular athlete (down from 1,484th in 2019), the 5,567th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,876th in 2019) and the 171st most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jürgen Hingsen ranks 1,988 out of 6,025Before him are Yury Sisikin, Beate Koch, Yelizaveta Dementyeva, Ross Collinge, Lasha Talakhadze, and Hakon Barfod. After him are Gianmarco Tamberi, Giuliano Nostini, Leal, Adolf Möller, Lars Riedel, and Frode Andresen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Jürgen Hingsen ranks 500Before him are Harri Kirvesniemi, Raymond Mommens, Jeffrey Williams, María Caridad Colón, José Luis Clerc, and Alex Yermolinsky. After him are Siobhan Fahey, Sergei Treshchov, Wilfred Benítez, Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin, Lynn-Holly Johnson, and Susan Helms.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Jürgen Hingsen ranks 5,567 out of 7,253Before him are Sung Yu-ri (1981), Jürgen Vogel (1968), Carl H. Eigenmann (1863), Anke Huber (1974), Beate Koch (1967), and Rudolf Schoeller (1902). After him are Campino (1962), Adolf Möller (1877), Lars Riedel (1967), Stephan Engels (1960), Manuela Schwesig (1974), and Frank Baumann (1975).

Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Jürgen Hingsen ranks 171Before him are Uschi Disl (1970), Doris Maletzki (1952), Ursula Knab (1929), Margitta Pufe (1952), Frank Rühle (1944), and Beate Koch (1967). After him are Adolf Möller (1877), Lars Riedel (1967), Marga Petersen (1919), Leni Schmidt (1906), Franz Keller (1945), and Manfred Germar (1935).