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Armin Hary

1937 - Today

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Armin Hary (German pronunciation: [ˈaʁmiːn ˈhaːʁi] ; (born 22 March 1937) is a retired German sprinter who won the 1960 Olympic 100 meters dash. He was the first non-American to win the event since Percy Williams of Canada took the gold medal in 1928, the only German to ever win the event in the history of the Olympics, the first man to run 100 meters in 10.0 seconds and the last White man to establish a world record in 100 meters dash. "The most amazing sprinter. I have ever seen". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Armin Hary is the 231st most popular athlete (down from 103rd in 2019), the 3,107th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,389th in 2019) and the 13th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Armin Hary ranks 231 out of 6,025. Before him are Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, Otto Herschmann, Magnar Solberg, William Stevenson, Parry O'Brien, and Rosemarie Ackermann. After him are Nadezhda Chizhova, Bob King, Bill Holland, Aleksander Klumberg, Ralph Boston, and Lina Radke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Armin Hary ranks 209. Before him are Moshood Abiola, Gaston Roelants, Tom Stoppard, Richard Jordan, Edita Piekha, and Magnar Solberg. After him are Rupiah Banda, Édith Scob, Mehdi Karroubi, Judy Tegart-Dalton, Michael Sata, and Barbara Babcock.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Armin Hary ranks 3,109 out of 7,253. Before him are Sebastian Franck (1499), Rudolf Klein-Rogge (1885), Adolf Kussmaul (1822), Gottschalk of Orbais (805), Lorenz Heister (1683), and Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt (1901). After him are Johann Christian Poggendorff (1796), Otto Ambros (1901), Hans Graf von Sponeck (1888), Gustave Whitehead (1874), Carl Chun (1852), and Friedrich von Gärtner (1791).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Armin Hary ranks 13. Before him are Karl Hein (1908), Gisela Mauermayer (1913), Karin Balzer (1938), Annelie Ehrhardt (1950), Tilly Fleischer (1911), and Rosemarie Ackermann (1952). After him are Lina Radke (1903), Waldemar Cierpinski (1950), Gretel Bergmann (1914), Jürgen Schult (1960), Oscar Goßler (1875), and Marianne Werner (1924).

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