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Margitta Pufe

1952 - Today

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Margitta Pufe (née Ludewig, formerly known as Margitta Droese or Margitta Droese-Pufe, born 10 September 1952 in Gera, Thuringia), is a German track athlete, who from the mid-1970s to 1980 competed for the German Democratic Republic and was among the world's best shot putters and discus throwers. Her greatest achievement was winning a bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow in shot put. Pufe started her career with SC Motor Jena and trained under Ingrid Kleppe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Margitta Pufe has received more than 14,665 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Margitta Pufe is the 1,966th most popular athlete (down from 1,754th in 2019), the 5,556th most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,085th in 2019) and the 168th most popular German Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 15k

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  • 50.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Margitta Pufe ranks 1,966 out of 6,025. Before her are Gaston Strobino, Doris Maletzki, Yelena Petushkova, Fiona May, Raema Lisa Rumbewas, and Ursula Knab. After her are Henry Proctor, Frank Rühle, Alfred Probst, Ottó Boros, Andreas Thorkildsen, and María Caridad Colón.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Margitta Pufe ranks 588. Before her are John Hiatt, Valeriy Pidluzhnyy, Harald Konopka, Riki Sorsa, Mathew Knowles, and Doris Maletzki. After her are Hossein Sheikholeslam, Hubert von Goisern, Ekkehard Fasser, Arun Jaitley, Marina Solodkin, and Reinhard Häfner.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Margitta Pufe ranks 5,556 out of 7,253. Before her are Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (1963), Uschi Disl (1970), Doris Maletzki (1952), Ruth Moufang (1905), P. J. Soles (1950), and Ursula Knab (1929). After her are Frank Rühle (1944), Ludger Beerbaum (1963), Frank Peterson (1963), Tim Borowski (1980), Sung Yu-ri (1981), and Jürgen Vogel (1968).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Margitta Pufe ranks 168. Before her are Arthur Schnabel (1947), Harry Voigt (1913), Erwin Keller (1905), Uschi Disl (1970), Doris Maletzki (1952), and Ursula Knab (1929). After her are Frank Rühle (1944), Beate Koch (1967), Jürgen Hingsen (1958), Adolf Möller (1877), Lars Riedel (1967), and Marga Petersen (1919).

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