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Petra Felke

1959 - Today

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Petra Meier (née Felke; born 30 July 1959) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. Representing East Germany, she became the Olympic Champion in 1988 and broke the world record four times between 1985 and 1988. She is the only woman to throw a javelin 80 metres or more, with her world record of 80.00 m (262 ft 5 1⁄2 in). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Petra Felke has received more than 76,012 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Petra Felke is the 1,142nd most popular athlete (down from 734th in 2019), the 4,670th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,078th in 2019) and the 84th most popular German Athlete.

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  • 24

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  • 2.27

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Petra Felke ranks 1,142 out of 3,059Before her are Anna Dresden-Polak, Lennart Strand, Erich Herrmann, Carl Abrahamsson, Jutta Heine, and Edera Cordiale. After her are Achille Paroche, Volker Beck, Nina Otkalenko, Ali Mirzaei, Juris Silovs, and Arthur Harnden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Petra Felke ranks 357Before her are Valeria Ciavatta, John J. Sullivan, Mairead McGuinness, Kim Duk-koo, Gelindo Bordin, and Stanley Jordan. After her are Vagiz Khidiyatullin, Lene Hau, Fredric Lehne, Jari Puikkonen, Hisashi Kaneko, and Elizabeth Peña.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Petra Felke ranks 4,670 out of 6,142Before her are Reinhard Lauck (1946), Erich Herrmann (1914), Wilhelm Bungert (1939), Jutta Heine (1940), Ralf König (1960), and Harald Schmidt (1957). After her are Irmtraud Morgner (1933), Volker Beck (1956), Heinz Prüfer (1896), Siegmar Wätzlich (1947), Jürgen Hennig (1951), and Sandra Nasić (1976).

Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Petra Felke ranks 84Before her are Jörg Drehmel (1945), Willi Horn (1909), Helga Seidler (1949), Ilona Gusenbauer (1947), Erich Herrmann (1914), and Jutta Heine (1940). After her are Volker Beck (1956), Albert Zürner (1890), Jan Frodeno (1981), Hildegard Falck (1949), Gunhild Hoffmeister (1944), and Rainer Schmidt (1948).