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Annelie Ehrhardt

1950 - 2024

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Annelie Ehrhardt (née Jahns; 18 June 1950 – 18 October 2024) was an East German hurdler. She won the gold medal in the inaugural 100 metre hurdles event at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, West Germany, setting a new world record, and becoming the first East German Olympic Champion in this event. She also won a silver medal at the 1971 European Championships and a gold medal at the 1974 European Championships in a new championship record of 12.66 seconds. Born Annelie Jahns, she married Olympic sprint canoer Manfred Ehrhardt in 1970 and became known under her married name. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Annelie Ehrhardt is the 169th most popular athlete (up from 463rd in 2019), the 2,885th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,358th in 2019) and the 10th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Annelie Ehrhardt ranks 169 out of 6,025. Before her are Gaston Reiff, Naoto Tajima, Irving Baxter, Carlo Airoldi, Karin Balzer, and Duje Bonačić. After her are Dorando Pietri, William Petersson, Bobby Pearce, Alex Wilson, Dominik Hašek, and Eugène Mougin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Annelie Ehrhardt ranks 192. Before her are Tony Banks, Helen Clark, Winfried Schäfer, Jadranka Stojaković, Bertrand Delanoë, and Jim Beaver. After her are Adriano Panatta, Kathy Baker, Willy DeVille, Krzysztof Wielicki, Angelo Branduardi, and Mike Rutherford. Among people deceased in 2024, Annelie Ehrhardt ranks 196. Before her are Mísia, Tūheitia Paki, Ecaterina Oancia, M. Emmet Walsh, Sergio Sebastiani, and Vernor Vinge. After her are Dabney Coleman, Aribert Reimann, Josip Manolić, Rebecca Horn, Mahieddine Khalef, and George Rhoden.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Annelie Ehrhardt ranks 2,887 out of 7,253. Before her are Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1704), Hans Thoma (1839), Johann Froben (1460), Egon Bahr (1922), Johannes Aventinus (1477), and Nicolas Luckner (1722). After her are Johannes Dieckmann (1893), Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1622), John Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1627), Hans Cramer (1896), Charles II, Duke of Brunswick (1804), and Franz von Paula Schrank (1747).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Annelie Ehrhardt ranks 10. Before her are Dora Ratjen (1918), Friedrich Traun (1876), Klaus Wolfermann (1946), Karl Hein (1908), Gisela Mauermayer (1913), and Karin Balzer (1938). After her are Tilly Fleischer (1911), Rosemarie Ackermann (1952), Armin Hary (1937), Lina Radke (1903), Waldemar Cierpinski (1950), and Gretel Bergmann (1914).

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