1956 - Today
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, Volker Beck ranks 1,144 out of 3,059. Before 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.
1914 - 1989
HPI: 42.58
Rank: 1,138
1896 - 1948
HPI: 42.57
Rank: 1,139
1940 - Present
HPI: 42.57
Rank: 1,140
1920 - 1993
HPI: 42.56
Rank: 1,141
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.56
Rank: 1,142
1868 - 1933
HPI: 42.56
Rank: 1,143
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.55
Rank: 1,144
1928 - 2015
HPI: 42.54
Rank: 1,145
1929 - 2020
HPI: 42.54
Rank: 1,146
1950 - 2018
HPI: 42.53
Rank: 1,147
1924 - 2016
HPI: 42.53
Rank: 1,148
1872 - 1968
HPI: 42.52
Rank: 1,149
1946 - Present
HPI: 42.51
Rank: 1,150
Among people born in 1956, Volker Beck ranks 404. Before 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.
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.74
Rank: 398
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.63
Rank: 399
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 400
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.59
Rank: 401
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.59
Rank: 402
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.58
Rank: 403
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.55
Rank: 404
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.54
Rank: 405
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.50
Rank: 406
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 407
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 408
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 409
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 410
Among people born in Germany, Volker Beck ranks 4,672 out of 6,142. Before 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).
1939 - Present
HPI: 42.57
Rank: 4,666
1940 - Present
HPI: 42.57
Rank: 4,667
1960 - Present
HPI: 42.57
Rank: 4,668
1957 - Present
HPI: 42.56
Rank: 4,669
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.56
Rank: 4,670
1933 - 1990
HPI: 42.56
Rank: 4,671
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.55
Rank: 4,672
1896 - 1934
HPI: 42.55
Rank: 4,673
1947 - 2019
HPI: 42.54
Rank: 4,674
1951 - Present
HPI: 42.52
Rank: 4,675
1976 - Present
HPI: 42.50
Rank: 4,676
1890 - 1920
HPI: 42.50
Rank: 4,677
1985 - Present
HPI: 42.49
Rank: 4,678
Among athletes born in Germany, Volker Beck ranks 85. Before 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).
1909 - 1989
HPI: 42.72
Rank: 79
1949 - Present
HPI: 42.71
Rank: 80
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 81
1914 - 1989
HPI: 42.58
Rank: 82
1940 - Present
HPI: 42.57
Rank: 83
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.56
Rank: 84
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.55
Rank: 85
1890 - 1920
HPI: 42.50
Rank: 86
1981 - Present
HPI: 42.34
Rank: 87
1949 - Present
HPI: 42.34
Rank: 88
1944 - Present
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 89
1948 - Present
HPI: 42.22
Rank: 90
1955 - 2016
HPI: 42.12
Rank: 91