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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-months 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 15,621 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Liesel Westermann is the 1,562nd most popular athlete (down from 962nd in 2019), the 4,941st most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,306th in 2019) and the 124th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Liesel Westermann ranks 1,562 out of 3,059Before her are Amadou Dia Ba, Jim Bausch, Robert Korzeniowski, George Gulack, Walter Mahlendorf, and Yelena Romanova. After her are Svetlana Masterkova, Steve Ovett, Marga Petersen, Karl Schnabl, Mack Robinson, and Hanna Öberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Liesel Westermann ranks 592Before her are Graham Taylor, Alberto Demiddi, Carl I. Hagen, Svetlana Krachevskaya, David Kelly, and Cathy Lee Crosby. After her are Jeffrey A. Hoffman, Tim Reid, Reinhold Bachler, Rúben Bareño, Gunnar Larsson, and Bunji Kimura.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Liesel Westermann ranks 4,941 out of 6,142Before her are Angela Schanelec (1962), Lars Eidinger (1976), Robert F. Wagner (1877), Rudolf Kargus (1952), Walter Mahlendorf (1935), and Rainer Zitelmann (1957). After her are Deniz Aytekin (1978), Amin Younes (1993), Anke Huber (1974), Marga Petersen (1919), Marcus Nispel (1963), and Dustin Brown (1984).

Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Liesel Westermann ranks 124Before her are Anna-Maria Müller (1949), Carla Bodendorf (1953), Inge Helten (1950), Harald Norpoth (1942), Uschi Disl (1970), and Walter Mahlendorf (1935). After her are Marga Petersen (1919), Christina Lathan (1958), Ricco Groß (1970), Harald Schmid (1957), Lars Riedel (1967), and Rosa Kellner (1910).