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Detlef Michel

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Detlef Michel (born October 13, 1955 in Berlin) is a German track and field athlete. He represented East Germany during the 1980s and was one of the world's best in the javelin throw. His most important result came when he won the World Championship title in Helsinki 1983 with a throw of 89.48 meters in adverse conditions (rain), beating world record holder Tom Petranoff (99.72m, 5 May 1983) of the USA by a comfortable margin. In fact, Michel threw the four longest throws of the final. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Detlef Michel is the 2,112th most popular athlete (down from 2,026th in 2024), the 5,579th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,609th in 2019) and the 202nd most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Detlef Michel ranks 2,112 out of 6,025. Before him are Edy Hubacher, Costică Dafinoiu, Georges Dransart, Janne Stefansson, Tia Hellebaut, and Gabriela Szabo. After him are Dezső Lemhényi, Cathy Freeman, Ercole Olgeni, Roberto Hernández, Zhang Liang, and Dagmar Neubauer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Detlef Michel ranks 520. Before him are Ennio Fantastichini, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Hans-Jürgen Riediger, Ignazio Marino, Parviz Parastui, and Zbigniew Rau. After him are Diana Scarwid, Jan Hoffmann, Heidi Hautala, Afag Bashirgyzy, Julio Cobos, and Karl-Heinz Bußert.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Detlef Michel ranks 5,582 out of 7,253. Before him are Andrea Sawatzki (1963), Silke Möller (1964), Julia Fischer (1983), Ludwig Schick (1949), Harald Schmidt (1957), and Richard David Precht (1964). After him are P. J. Soles (1950), Jan Hoffmann (1955), Tabea Zimmermann (1966), Katarina Barley (1968), Charlotte Link (1963), and Dagmar Neubauer (1962).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Detlef Michel ranks 202. Before him are Volker Fischer (1950), Christiane Wartenberg (1956), Angelika Bahmann (1952), Jutta Kirst (1954), Carl-Friedrich Freiherr von Langen (1887), and Peter-Michael Kolbe (1953). After him are Dagmar Neubauer (1962), Sabine Braun (1965), Manfred Klein (1947), Karl-Heinz Bußert (1955), Harry Edward (1898), and Stefan Junge (1950).

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