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Jürgen Schult

1960 - Today

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Jürgen Schult (German pronunciation: [ˈjʏʁɡn̩ ˈʃʊlt] ; born 11 May 1960) is a German former track and field athlete and, from 1986 until 2024, the world record holder in the discus throw. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jürgen Schult has received more than 251,940 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Jürgen Schult is the 70th most popular athlete (up from 134th in 2019), the 2,151st most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,991st in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Athlete.

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  • 56.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jürgen Schult ranks 70 out of 6,025. Before him are Al Oerter, Pietro Mennea, Yelena Isinbayeva, Vera Krepkina, Shizo Kanakuri, and Irena Szewińska. After him are Irving Baxter, Dana Zátopková, Mohammed Gammoudi, Merlene Ottey, Lee Haney, and Dorando Pietri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Jürgen Schult ranks 89. Before him are Leos Carax, Vince Clarke, Nicoletta Braschi, Michael Hutchence, Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, and Samia Suluhu Hassan. After him are Gia Carangi, Melissa Leo, Merlene Ottey, Gjorge Ivanov, Kevin Carter, and Ersin Tatar.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Jürgen Schult ranks 2,151 out of 7,253. Before him are Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1704), Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust (1809), Michael Lippert (1897), Rudolf Rocker (1873), Horst-Dieter Höttges (1943), and John A. Roebling (1806). After him are William Dieterle (1893), Dieter Müller (1954), Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (1757), Bruno Lüdke (1908), Henrich Focke (1890), and Siegfried von Feuchtwangen (1300).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Jürgen Schult ranks 4. Before him are Marita Koch (1957), Luz Long (1913), and Walter Schröder (1932). After him are Fritz Hofmann (1871), Armin Hary (1937), Dora Ratjen (1918), Friedrich Traun (1876), Tilly Fleischer (1911), Waldemar Cierpinski (1950), Lina Radke (1903), and Paula Mollenhauer (1908).

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