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Wolfgang Schmidt

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Wolfgang Schmidt (born 16 January 1954) is a German former track and field athlete who competed for East Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal in the discus throw. A former world record holder, he also won several medals at the European Athletics Championships. Schmidt made headlines in 1982 due to his failed attempt to escape from East Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wolfgang Schmidt has received more than 65,141 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Wolfgang Schmidt is the 1,555th most popular athlete (down from 1,244th in 2019), the 5,344th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,725th in 2019) and the 128th most popular German Athlete.

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Wolfgang Schmidt ranks 1,555 out of 6,025. Before him are Franco Faggi, Adolf Wiklund, Janusz Sidło, Raoul Paoli, George Finnegan, and József Várszegi. After him are Barbara Ferrell, Kęstutis Šapka, Ragnar Lundberg, Jean-Guy Gautier, Ivo Stefanoni, and Vilmos Varjú.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Wolfgang Schmidt ranks 486. Before him are J. Michael Straczynski, Mark Edmondson, João Carlos de Oliveira, Caroline Cossey, Alex English, and Yuji Takada. After him are Lynne Frederick, Luc-Adolphe Tiao, Tamara Lazakovich, George Lynch, Michael Patrick King, and Corbin Bernsen.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wolfgang Schmidt ranks 5,344 out of 7,253. Before him are Jürgen Kurths (1953), Toni Ulmen (1906), Heinrich Schroth (1871), Jens Nowotny (1974), Max Riemelt (1984), and Joachim Król (1957). After him are Annette Schavan (1955), Otto Addo (1975), Erwin Teufel (1939), Erwin Casmir (1895), Manfred Manglitz (1940), and Tobias Sammet (1977).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Wolfgang Schmidt ranks 128. Before him are Hans Liesche (1891), Harald Norpoth (1942), Jutta Heine (1940), Horst Meyer (1941), Paul Günther (1882), and Hermann Hansen (1912). After him are Erwin Casmir (1895), Waldemar Tietgens (1879), Irmgard Praetz (1920), Heinz Ulzheimer (1925), Erich Herrmann (1914), and Hanns Kilian (1905).

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