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Ulf Timmermann

1962 - Today

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Ulf Béla Timmermann (German pronunciation: [ʊlf ˈtɪmɐˌman], ; born 1 November 1962 in East Berlin) is a German former shot putter who broke the world record several times during the 1980s, and is the first and one of only four people to ever throw over 23 metres (along with Randy Barnes, Joe Kovacs and Ryan Crouser). Timmermann was born in Berlin to an athletic family and took up shot put at 13. He broke his first world record in 1985 with a throw of 22.62 meters. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ulf Timmermann has received more than 119,305 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Ulf Timmermann is the 467th most popular athlete (down from 430th in 2019), the 4,111th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,745th in 2019) and the 28th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ulf Timmermann ranks 467 out of 3,059Before him are Elfriede Kaun, Inga Gentzel, Tamara Tyshkevich, Bill Holland, Raimondo D'Inzeo, and Barbara Jones. After him are Renaud Lavillenie, Klas Lestander, Phil Heath, Udo Beyer, Jim Lightbody, and Tore Sjöstrand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Ulf Timmermann ranks 220Before him are Alison Arngrim, Ikililou Dhoinine, Marc Cherry, Colin Salmon, Branko Đurić, and Javier Cercas. After him are Max Raabe, Lian Ross, Hana Mandlíková, Viola Amherd, Masakazu Katsura, and Rosamund Kwan.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ulf Timmermann ranks 4,111 out of 6,142Before him are Leo Anton Karl de Ball (1853), Friedrich Tietjen (1834), Friedrich Sixt von Armin (1851), Ludwig Thoma (1867), Peter Altmaier (1958), and Bernd Förster (1956). After him are Ludwig Bechstein (1801), Friedrich Chrysander (1826), Rainer Zobel (1948), Nicolaus Michael Oppel (1782), Arthur Rudolph (1906), and Udo Beyer (1955).

Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Ulf Timmermann ranks 28Before him are Frank Shorter (1947), Christa Stubnick (1933), Renate Stecher (1950), Marlies Göhr (1958), Arthur Jonath (1909), and Elfriede Kaun (1914). After him are Udo Beyer (1955), Manfred Kokot (1948), Rudolf Harbig (1913), Ellen Braumüller (1910), Peter Frenkel (1939), and Ilona Slupianek (1956).