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Luz Long

1913 - 1943

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Carl Ludwig "Luz" Long (27 April 1913 – 14 July 1943) was a German Olympic long jumper who won the silver medal in the event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin and had a friendship with Jesse Owens, who won the gold medal in that event. Luz Long won the German long jump championship six times: in 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, and 1939. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luz Long has received more than 2,408,924 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Luz Long is the 24th most popular athlete (down from 11th in 2019), the 1,275th most popular biography from Germany (down from 820th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Athlete.

Luz Long was a German Olympic athlete who helped Jesse Owens win a gold medal in the 1936 Olympics.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Luz Long ranks 24 out of 6,025. Before him are Florence Griffith Joyner, Ellery Harding Clark, Iolanda Balaș, Hannes Kolehmainen, Tamara Press, and Marita Koch. After him are Stanisława Walasiewicz, Frank Zane, Sigfrid Edström, Ben Johnson, Marina Doria, and Jānis Lūsis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Luz Long ranks 62. Before him are Peter Cushing, Roger Caillois, Boris Pahor, Richard Stone, Gerda Christian, and Stewart Granger. After him are Edward Gierek, Bill Shankly, Heinz Linge, Sergey Mikhalkov, Robert Adler, and Bruno Pontecorvo. Among people deceased in 1943, Luz Long ranks 37. Before him are Franz Oppenheimer, Mordechai Anielewicz, André Antoine, Oskar Schlemmer, Viktor Lutze, and Lydia Litvyak. After him are Nicholas J. Spykman, Pavel Milyukov, Otto Jespersen, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Jane Avril, and Vito Cascio Ferro.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Luz Long ranks 1,275 out of 7,253. Before him are Godfrey Kneller (1646), Georg Kerschensteiner (1854), Rudi Dutschke (1940), Maria Sophia of Neuburg (1666), Gerberga of Saxony (913), and Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (1661). After him are Werner Haase (1900), Walter Dornberger (1895), Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1680), Ernst Lindemann (1894), Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany (1262), and Til Schweiger (1963).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Luz Long ranks 2. Before him are Marita Koch (1957). After him are Walter Schröder (1932), Jürgen Schult (1960), 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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