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Carl Diem

1882 - 1962

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Carl Diem (24 June 1882 – 17 December 1962) was a German sports administrator, and as a Secretary General of the Organizing Committee of the Berlin Olympic Games, he was also the chief organizer of the 1936 Olympic Summer Games. He created the tradition of the Olympic torch relay when he organised the 1936 build-up event, and was an influential historian of sport, particularly the Olympic games. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Diem is the 388th most popular athlete (down from 215th in 2019), the 3,790th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,457th in 2019) and the 21st most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Carl Diem ranks 388 out of 6,025. Before him are Nasser Al-Attiyah, Terry Fox, John Ainsworth-Davis, Constance Titus, Rosa Mota, and Daniel Kinsey. After him are László Berti, Aleksandr Baryshnikov, Olga Fikotová, Karen Harup, Toivo Loukola, and Constantin Henriquez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Carl Diem ranks 166. Before him are Henri Anspach, Henri Fabre, Aristarkh Lentulov, Kyusaku Ogino, Alexander Kutepov, and George Bellows. After him are Federico Chávez, Leo White, Simon Vratsian, Seán T. O'Kelly, Huseyn Javid, and Pascual Orozco. Among people deceased in 1962, Carl Diem ranks 117. Before him are Sylvia Beach, Kunio Yanagita, Alessandro Pirzio Biroli, Paul Götz, Joe Ruddy, and Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski. After him are Roger Ducret, Dhondo Keshav Karve, Edmond Privat, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Florence Lee, and Joseph Rock.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl Diem ranks 3,792 out of 7,253. Before him are Gerhard Marcks (1889), Sophie Caroline of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1705), Heinrich Walpot von Bassenheim (1198), Corinna Harfouch (1954), Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1891), and Anton Friedrich Büsching (1724). After him are Iwan Bloch (1872), Erich Bey (1898), Max Jakob Friedländer (1867), Wolfgang Hofmann (1941), Benjamin List (1968), and Johann Schweigger (1779).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Carl Diem ranks 21. Before him are Waldemar Cierpinski (1950), Gretel Bergmann (1914), Jürgen Schult (1960), Oscar Goßler (1875), Marianne Werner (1924), and Angela Voigt (1951). After him are Johanna Klier (1952), Wolfgang Nordwig (1943), Renate Stecher (1950), Christa Stubnick (1933), Gisela Birkemeyer (1931), and Monika Zehrt (1952).

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