1962 - Today
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, Ulf Timmermann ranks 467 out of 3,059. Before 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.
1914 - 2008
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 461
1908 - 1991
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 462
1931 - 1997
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 463
1874 - 1930
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 464
1925 - 2013
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 465
1937 - Present
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 466
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 467
1986 - Present
HPI: 46.72
Rank: 468
1931 - 2023
HPI: 46.72
Rank: 469
1979 - Present
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 470
1955 - Present
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 471
1882 - 1953
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 472
1921 - 2011
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 473
Among people born in 1962, Ulf Timmermann ranks 220. Before 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.
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 214
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 215
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 216
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 217
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 218
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 219
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 220
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 221
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.65
Rank: 222
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 223
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 224
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 225
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 226
Among people born in Germany, Ulf Timmermann ranks 4,111 out of 6,142. Before 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).
1853 - 1916
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 4,105
1834 - 1895
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 4,106
1851 - 1936
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 4,107
1867 - 1921
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 4,108
1958 - Present
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 4,109
1956 - Present
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 4,110
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 4,111
1801 - 1860
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 4,112
1826 - 1901
HPI: 46.72
Rank: 4,113
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 4,114
1782 - 1820
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 4,115
1906 - 1996
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 4,116
1955 - Present
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 4,117
Among athletes born in Germany, Ulf Timmermann ranks 28. Before 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).
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 22
1933 - 2021
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 23
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 24
1958 - Present
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 25
1909 - 1963
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 26
1914 - 2008
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 27
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 28
1955 - Present
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 29
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 30
1913 - 1944
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 31
1910 - 1991
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 32
1939 - Present
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 33
1956 - Present
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 34