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Paul Günther

1882 - 1959

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Paul Günther (24 October 1882 – 13 February 1959) was a German diver who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal in the 3 m springboard event. In the plain high diving, he competed in the final but did not finish, so he came eighth. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Günther has received more than 13,432 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Paul Günther is the 1,465th most popular athlete (down from 1,296th in 2019), the 5,328th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,749th in 2019) and the 124th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Paul Günther ranks 1,465 out of 6,025Before him are Khristo Markov, João Carlos de Oliveira, Norair Nurikyan, Mária Gulácsy, Juris Silovs, and Emilio Lunghi. After him are Louis Hostin, Kenjiro Shinozuka, Curtis Stevens, Joaquín Capilla, Igor Paklin, and Don Finlay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Paul Günther ranks 259Before him are Geoffrey de Havilland, Ödön Bodor, Jaroslav Tuček, George van Rossem, Mina Loy, and Paul Koebe. After him are Alvin Langdon Coburn, Felix Frankfurter, Edward Van Sloan, Ricardo J. Alfaro, Mary Boland, and Sybil Thorndike. Among people deceased in 1959, Paul Günther ranks 194Before him are George Padmore, Osvaldo Sáez, Gustaf Weidel, Arvid Spångberg, Eusebio Díaz, and Nils Granfelt. After him are Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Yoshioka Yayoi, George Amick, Gilda Gray, Vincenzo Cardarelli, and G. D. H. Cole.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Paul Günther ranks 5,328 out of 7,253Before him are Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson (1809), Willy Bandholz (1912), Ursula Karven (1964), Udo Zimmermann (1943), Hauschka (1966), and Harry Groener (1951). After him are Nicolas Kiefer (1977), Graham Coxon (1969), Peter Nogly (1947), Klaus Köste (1943), Hermann Hansen (1912), and Ole von Beust (1955).

Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Paul Günther ranks 124Before him are Siegrun Siegl (1954), Otto Fickeisen (1879), Hans Liesche (1891), Harald Norpoth (1942), Jutta Heine (1940), and Horst Meyer (1941). After him are Hermann Hansen (1912), Wolfgang Schmidt (1954), Erwin Casmir (1895), Waldemar Tietgens (1879), Irmgard Praetz (1920), and Heinz Ulzheimer (1925).