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Liesel Westermann

1944 - Today

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Lieselotte "Liesel" Westermann-Krieg (born Westermann on 2 November 1944; German pronunciation: [ˈliːzl̩ ˈvɛstɐˌman] ) is a retired German discus thrower. She held the world record from 5 November 1967 to 12 August 1971, with a two-month break in 1968. She competed for West Germany at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and finished in second and fifth place, respectively. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Liesel Westermann has received more than 17,435 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Liesel Westermann is the 1,895th most popular athlete (down from 1,561st in 2019), the 5,525th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,924th in 2019) and the 161st most popular German Athlete.

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  • 50.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Liesel Westermann ranks 1,895 out of 6,025. Before her are Amadou Dia Ba, Francis Tyler, Walter Middelberg, Arto Bryggare, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, and Gavino Matta. After her are Teodor Kocerka, Jimmy Ball, Salvatore Morale, Basil Heatley, Virgil Jacomini, and Ivan Kizimov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Liesel Westermann ranks 667. Before her are Leopoldo Vallejos, Jac Nellemann, Aleksandr Lenyov, Janet Simpson, Thomas Allen, and Bunji Kimura. After her are Gunnar Larsson, Tim Reid, Frank Rühle, Reinhold Bachler, Buddhadeb Dasgupta, and Ross Collinge.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Liesel Westermann ranks 5,525 out of 7,253. Before her are Dietmar Mögenburg (1961), Manfred Zapf (1946), Tilly Edinger (1897), Arón Piper (1997), Barbara Petzold (1955), and Wolfdietrich Schnurre (1920). After her are Alex Christensen (1967), Achim Müller (1938), Boris Gulko (1947), Fritz Fromm (1913), Alfred Bohrmann (1904), and Herbert Fandel (1964).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Liesel Westermann ranks 161. Before her are Anna-Maria Müller (1949), Johanna Lüttge (1936), Carl-Friedrich Freiherr von Langen (1887), Günther Haase (1925), Rosa Kellner (1910), and Dietmar Mögenburg (1961). After her are Arthur Schnabel (1947), Harry Voigt (1913), Erwin Keller (1905), Uschi Disl (1970), Doris Maletzki (1952), and Ursula Knab (1929).

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