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Torsten Voss

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Torsten Voss (sometimes listed as Thorsten Voss; German pronunciation: [ˈtɔʁstn̩ ˈfɔs] ; born 24 March 1963 in Güstrow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a former East German track and field athlete and bobsledder who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. His biggest success was when he won the world title in the decathlon at the 1987 World Championships in Rome as a representative for East Germany. He achieved a personal best score of 8680 points and was chosen as the East German sportsman of the year. In 1988 in the Seoul Summer Olympic Games he won the silver medal behind fellow East German, Christian Schenk. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Torsten Voss is the 3,164th most popular athlete (down from 3,083rd in 2024), the 6,238th most popular biography from Germany (down from 6,216th in 2019) and the 347th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Torsten Voss ranks 3,164 out of 6,025. Before him are José Luíz Barbosa, Óscar Figueroa, Fernando Echávarri, Winfred Yavi, Patricia Guerra, and Peter Rono. After him are Eleanor Patterson, Bruny Surin, Jörg Hoffmann, Abel Kirui, Elizabeth Williams, and Anna Biryukova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Torsten Voss ranks 895. Before him are Marc Maron, Abdelfettah Rhiati, Shigeo Sawairi, Christian Perez, Ian Crook, and Isabelle Duchesnay. After him are Dmitri Galiamin, Jörg Hoffmann, Marian Keyes, Carol Lewis, Mihaela Armășescu, and Jessica Tuck.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Torsten Voss ranks 6,241 out of 7,253. Before him are Florian Gallenberger (1972), Malick Thiaw (2001), Rainer Troppa (1958), Kaan Ayhan (1994), Martin Kree (1965), and Sebastian Schipper (1968). After him are Jörg Hoffmann (1963), Uwe Rosenberg (1970), Markus Münch (1972), Bettina Stark-Watzinger (1968), Bert Grabsch (1975), and Aaron Hunt (1986).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Torsten Voss ranks 347. Before him are Balian Buschbaum (1980), Helga Radtke (1962), Andreas Stähle (1965), Beate Schramm (1966), Richard Trautmann (1969), and Stefan Krauße (1967). After him are Jörg Hoffmann (1963), Annegret Strauch (1968), Karsten Brannasch (1966), Ingo Spelly (1966), Nicole Uphoff (1967), and Ramona Portwich (1967).

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