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Klaus Wolfermann

1946 - 2024

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Klaus Wolfermann (German pronunciation: [klaʊs ˈvɔlfɐman] ; 31 March 1946 – 18 December 2024) was a German javelin thrower. He represented West Germany and won a gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and set a world record in 1973. The javelin competition at the 1972 Games was the closest in Olympic history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Klaus Wolfermann has received more than 33,676 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Klaus Wolfermann is the 1,103rd most popular athlete (down from 859th in 2019), the 5,042nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,471st in 2019) and the 83rd most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Klaus Wolfermann ranks 1,103 out of 6,025. Before him are Arnold Luhaäär, Lamberto Dalla Costa, Irina Kirichenko, Amelia Piccinini, Gaston Mercier, and Audun Boysen. After him are Hanns Braun, Frank Hansen, Vince Gallagher, Valery Muratov, Kaisa Parviainen, and Birger Sörvik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Klaus Wolfermann ranks 590. Before him are Daniel Carnevali, Naveen Patnaik, Ivan Rybkin, Vladimir Martynov, Ramsey Campbell, and Elisabeth Sladen. After him are Valery Muratov, Hiroshi Ochiai, Gailard Sartain, Marc Faber, Valeria Bufanu, and Ricky Jay. Among people deceased in 2024, Klaus Wolfermann ranks 346. Before him are Hama Amadou, Charles Cyphers, Artur Chilingarov, Thomas E. Kurtz, Béla Károlyi, and Robert Pickton. After him are Luciano Sušanj, Shyam Benegal, Martin Mull, Alan Rees, Pascal Lainé, and Robert H. Dennard.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Klaus Wolfermann ranks 5,042 out of 7,253. Before him are Friedrich Engel (1861), Stefan Andres (1906), Oscar Kreuzer (1887), Kurt Hoffmann (1910), Arne Friedrich (1979), and Hans von Pechmann (1850). After him are Hanns Braun (1886), Stanislaw Tillich (1959), Max Streibl (1932), Carina Wiese (1968), Shantel (1968), and Princess Victoria Margaret of Prussia (1890).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Klaus Wolfermann ranks 83. Before him are Helga Seidler (1949), Dieter Krause (1936), Christina Lathan (1958), Wilhelm Leichum (1911), Ellen Streidt (1952), and Frank Forberger (1943). After him are Hanns Braun (1886), Gerd Hornberger (1910), Käthe Krauss (1906), Thomas Munkelt (1952), Carl Goßler (1885), and Tuvalu at the 2020 Summer Olympics (null).

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