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Angéla Németh

1946 - 2014

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Angéla Németh (18 February 1946 – 5 August 2014) was a Hungarian track and field athlete, known as Angéla Ránky after her marriage. In competing for her native country at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, she won the gold medal in the javelin. She was named Hungarian Sportswoman of The Year in 1968 and 1969 after having won the Olympic title in 1968 and the European title in 1969. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Angéla Németh is the 282nd most popular athlete (up from 422nd in 2019), the 360th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 465th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Hungarian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Angéla Németh ranks 282 out of 6,025. Before her are Giulio Gaudini, Douglas Bennett, Allen Woodring, Hermann Barrelet, Miruts Yifter, and Ken Myers. After her are Dean Smith, Maurice Larrouy, Nils von Kantzow, Phil Edwards, Dimitrios Golemis, and Alfred Tysoe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Angéla Németh ranks 330. Before her are Doug Russell, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, László Polgár, Andrea Dworkin, Jo Bonfrère, and Farag Foda. After her are Milena Canonero, Lesley Ann Warren, Alberto Colombo, Stuart Wilson, Yacouba Sawadogo, and Christopher Hampton. Among people deceased in 2014, Angéla Németh ranks 190. Before her are Bernard Agré, Rafael Addiego Bruno, Wubbo Ockels, Sulejman Tihić, Henning Carlsen, and Jean-Jacques Marcel. After her are Josep Maria Subirachs, Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, Tomaž Šalamun, Paul Mazursky, Jaime Lusinchi, and Ferdinando Terruzzi.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Angéla Németh ranks 360 out of 1,077. Before her are József Eötvös (1813), Rózsa Péter (1905), László Polgár (1946), Vilmos Aba-Novák (1894), Béla Király (1912), and Péter Szondi (1929). After her are István Kertész (1929), Géza Gárdonyi (1863), Bertalan Farkas (1949), Lajos Werkner (1883), Ottó Bláthy (1860), and Jenő Fock (1916).

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Among ATHLETES In Hungary

Among athletes born in Hungary, Angéla Németh ranks 11. Before her are Ferenc Mohácsi (1929), Nándor Dáni (1871), Miklós Németh (1946), Imre Földi (1938), Gyula Kellner (1871), and Éva Székely (1927). After her are Gyula Zsivótzky (1937), Márta Rudas (1937), Olga Gyarmati (1924), Gergely Kulcsár (1934), László Berti (1875), and Tamás Mendelényi (1936).

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