1954 - Today
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 62,848 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Wolfgang Schmidt is the 1,245th most popular athlete (down from 794th in 2019), the 4,740th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,141st in 2019) and the 96th most popular German Athlete.
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Among athletes, Wolfgang Schmidt ranks 1,245 out of 3,059. Before him are Hans-Georg Reimann, Magdalena Neuner, Marianne Werner, John Taylor, Carl Osburn, and Vittorio Tamagnini. After him are Ernesto Formenti, Daniel Frank, Wiesław Maniak, Clarence Pinkston, Ercole Olgeni, and Tsuyoshi Yamanaka.
1941 - Present
HPI: 42.01
Rank: 1,239
1987 - Present
HPI: 42.01
Rank: 1,240
1924 - 2023
HPI: 41.99
Rank: 1,241
1883 - 1908
HPI: 41.98
Rank: 1,242
1884 - 1966
HPI: 41.97
Rank: 1,243
1910 - 1981
HPI: 41.96
Rank: 1,244
1954 - Present
HPI: 41.96
Rank: 1,245
1927 - 1989
HPI: 41.96
Rank: 1,246
1882 - 1965
HPI: 41.96
Rank: 1,247
1938 - 1982
HPI: 41.95
Rank: 1,248
1900 - 1961
HPI: 41.95
Rank: 1,249
1883 - 1947
HPI: 41.95
Rank: 1,250
1939 - 2017
HPI: 41.95
Rank: 1,251
Among people born in 1954, Wolfgang Schmidt ranks 453. Before him are Louisa Hanoune, Adam Ant, Yuji Horii, Barry Shabaka Henley, Anatoly Chukanov, and Dominique Bathenay. After him are Rüdiger Schnuphase, Patricia Belcher, Bruce Abbott, Toshiaki Imai, Carita Holmström, and João Carlos de Oliveira.
1954 - Present
HPI: 42.15
Rank: 447
1954 - Present
HPI: 42.13
Rank: 448
1954 - Present
HPI: 42.04
Rank: 449
1954 - Present
HPI: 42.02
Rank: 450
1954 - 2021
HPI: 41.99
Rank: 451
1954 - Present
HPI: 41.98
Rank: 452
1954 - Present
HPI: 41.96
Rank: 453
1954 - Present
HPI: 41.95
Rank: 454
1954 - Present
HPI: 41.90
Rank: 455
1954 - Present
HPI: 41.89
Rank: 456
1954 - Present
HPI: 41.86
Rank: 457
1954 - Present
HPI: 41.85
Rank: 458
1954 - 1999
HPI: 41.76
Rank: 459
Among people born in Germany, Wolfgang Schmidt ranks 4,740 out of 6,142. Before him are Magdalena Neuner (1987), Julian Brandt (1996), Sylvia Hanika (1959), Marianne Werner (1924), Wolfgang Seguin (1945), and Theo Helfrich (1913). After him are Ossi Reichert (1925), Rüdiger Schnuphase (1954), Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (1966), Michael Glos (1944), Hanna Neumann (1914), and Ulla Schmidt (1949).
1987 - Present
HPI: 42.01
Rank: 4,734
1996 - Present
HPI: 42.01
Rank: 4,735
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.00
Rank: 4,736
1924 - 2023
HPI: 41.99
Rank: 4,737
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.99
Rank: 4,738
1913 - 1978
HPI: 41.99
Rank: 4,739
1954 - Present
HPI: 41.96
Rank: 4,740
1925 - 2006
HPI: 41.96
Rank: 4,741
1954 - Present
HPI: 41.95
Rank: 4,742
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.94
Rank: 4,743
1944 - Present
HPI: 41.94
Rank: 4,744
1914 - 1971
HPI: 41.93
Rank: 4,745
1949 - Present
HPI: 41.93
Rank: 4,746
Among athletes born in Germany, Wolfgang Schmidt ranks 96. Before him are Rainer Schmidt (1948), Klaus Siebert (1955), Therese Zenz (1932), Arthur Schnabel (1947), Magdalena Neuner (1987), and Marianne Werner (1924). After him are Paul Günther (1882), Ellen Streidt (1952), Heike Henkel (1964), Maria Sander (1924), Dietmar Mögenburg (1961), and Martina Hellmann (1960).
1948 - Present
HPI: 42.22
Rank: 90
1955 - 2016
HPI: 42.12
Rank: 91
1932 - 2019
HPI: 42.11
Rank: 92
1947 - 2018
HPI: 42.07
Rank: 93
1987 - Present
HPI: 42.01
Rank: 94
1924 - 2023
HPI: 41.99
Rank: 95
1954 - Present
HPI: 41.96
Rank: 96
1882 - 1959
HPI: 41.74
Rank: 97
1952 - Present
HPI: 41.56
Rank: 98
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.49
Rank: 99
1924 - 1999
HPI: 41.43
Rank: 100
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 101
1960 - Present
HPI: 41.41
Rank: 102