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Marita Koch

1957 - Today

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Marita Koch (later Meier-Koch; born 18 February 1957) is a German former sprint track and field athlete. During her career she set 16 world records in outdoor sprints as well as 14 world records in indoor events. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marita Koch has received more than 635,103 page views. Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Marita Koch is the 30th most popular athlete (up from 35th in 2019), the 1,496th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,587th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Athlete.

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  • 58.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Marita Koch ranks 30 out of 3,059. Before her are Ray Ewry, Thomas Burke, Fanny Blankers-Koen, Leonidas of Rhodes, Lasse Virén, and Aladár Gerevich. After her are Larry Scott, Dorando Pietri, Al Oerter, Frank Zane, Ben Johnson, and Sohn Kee-chung.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Marita Koch ranks 45. Before her are John Turturro, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, Ivo Josipović, Anna Lindh, Masayoshi Son, and Carrie Lam. After her are Stephen Fry, Hwang Kyo-ahn, Fran Drescher, Michael Cretu, Yuen Biao, and Subcomandante Marcos.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Marita Koch ranks 1,496 out of 6,142. Before her are Klaus Schulze (1947), Armin Meiwes (1961), Arnold van Gennep (1873), Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1835), Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1808), and Peter von Cornelius (1784). After her are Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1783), Conrad, Margrave of Meissen (1097), August Sander (1876), Leo Frobenius (1873), Heiner Müller (1929), and Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1591).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Marita Koch ranks 2. Before her are Luz Long (1913). After her are Dora Ratjen (1918), Fritz Hofmann (1871), Rosemarie Ackermann (1952), Armin Hary (1937), Lina Radke (1903), Jürgen Schult (1960), Heike Drechsler (1964), Waldemar Cierpinski (1950), Tilly Fleischer (1911), and Margitta Gummel (1941).

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