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Jürgen Straub

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Jürgen Straub (born November 3, 1953, in Weitersroda) is a former East German middle-distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres. Straub's greatest race won him a silver medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics over 1500 metres representing East Germany, behind Sebastian Coe. In that race Straub surprisingly beat 800 metres champion Steve Ovett into third place. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jürgen Straub has received more than 18,497 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jürgen Straub is the 2,720th most popular athlete, the 5,993rd most popular biography from Germany and the 265th most popular German Athlete.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jürgen Straub ranks 2,720 out of 6,025. Before him are Christa Deguchi, Joe Earl, Kim Gevaert, Anna Carin Zidek, Saif Saaeed Shaheen, and Roman Hontyuk. After him are Tracy Wilson, Igor Milanović, Zola Budd, Adrian Metcalfe, Oleksandr Bagach, and Janne Lahtela.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Jürgen Straub ranks 631. Before him are Robert Rodat, Rigoberto Cisneros, Marcolino Moco, Diane Abbott, Rodolfo Dubó, and Tommy Shaw. After him are Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Géza Szőcs, Jerzy Rybicki, Anne Lockhart, Phil Davis, and Kent Hovind.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Jürgen Straub ranks 5,993 out of 7,253. Before him are Daniel Domscheit-Berg (1978), Apparat (1978), Gerhard Weinberg (1928), Ska Keller (1981), Hakan Balta (1983), and Lou (1963). After him are Holger Fach (1962), Sinan Şamil Sam (1974), Josefa Idem (1964), Franziska Giffey (1978), Louis Hofmann (1997), and Joachim Kunz (1959).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Jürgen Straub ranks 265. Before him are Georg Hackl (1966), Peter Thomsen (1961), Peter Angerer (1959), Kathrin Neimke (1966), Christiane Wartenberg (1956), and Barbara Krug (1956). After him are Joachim Kunz (1959), Bettine Jahn (1958), Albert Arnheiter (1890), Christine Scheiblich (1954), Fritz Fischer (1956), and Astrid Kumbernuss (1970).

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