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Volker Beck

1956 - Today

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Volker Beck (born 30 June 1956 in Nordhausen, Bezirk Erfurt) is a former East German athlete, winner of 400 m hurdles at the 1980 Summer Olympics. With the best 400 m hurdler in the late 1970s and early 1980s Edwin Moses missing due to the boycott, the most likely winner of the Olympic gold was Volker Beck, the East German 400 m hurdles champion in 1980, 1981 and 1983. In Moscow, Beck won the 400 m hurdles in 48,70 s, beating second-placed Vasyl Arkhypenko from Soviet Union by 0.16 seconds, although it was the slowest Olympic final since 1964. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Volker Beck has received more than 12,906 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Volker Beck is the 1,144th most popular athlete (down from 1,034th in 2019), the 4,672nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,378th in 2019) and the 85th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Volker Beck ranks 1,144 out of 3,059Before him are Erich Herrmann, Carl Abrahamsson, Jutta Heine, Edera Cordiale, Petra Felke, and Achille Paroche. After him are Nina Otkalenko, Ali Mirzaei, Juris Silovs, Arthur Harnden, Maurice Larrouy, and Valeria Bufanu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Volker Beck ranks 404Before him are Jonathan Palmer, Andro Knego, Tony Kushner, Ingrid Kristiansen, Giampaolo Mazza, and Oscar Garré. After him are Sanjaagiin Bayar, Mina Ahadi, Robert H. McNaught, Patrick Leonard, Peter Chelsom, and Ștefan Rusu.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Volker Beck ranks 4,672 out of 6,142Before him are Wilhelm Bungert (1939), Jutta Heine (1940), Ralf König (1960), Harald Schmidt (1957), Petra Felke (1959), and Irmtraud Morgner (1933). After him are Heinz Prüfer (1896), Siegmar Wätzlich (1947), Jürgen Hennig (1951), Sandra Nasić (1976), Albert Zürner (1890), and Tony Martin (1985).

Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Volker Beck ranks 85Before him are Willi Horn (1909), Helga Seidler (1949), Ilona Gusenbauer (1947), Erich Herrmann (1914), Jutta Heine (1940), and Petra Felke (1959). After him are Albert Zürner (1890), Jan Frodeno (1981), Hildegard Falck (1949), Gunhild Hoffmeister (1944), Rainer Schmidt (1948), and Klaus Siebert (1955).