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Erich Borchmeyer

1905 - 2000

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Erich Borchmeyer (23 January 1905 – 17 August 2000) was a German athlete, who competed mainly in the 100 metres. Borchmeyer was born in Münster. He competed for Germany in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the 4 × 100 metres relay, where he won the silver medal with his teammates Helmut Körnig, Friedrich Hendrix and Arthur Jonath. He also returned for the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany, where he was the sole returnee of the 1932 team and teamed up with Wilhelm Leichum, Erwin Gillmeister and Gerd Hornberger to win a bronze medal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erich Borchmeyer is the 1,550th most popular athlete (down from 920th in 2019), the 5,190th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,925th in 2019) and the 142nd most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Erich Borchmeyer ranks 1,550 out of 6,025Before him are Jan Egil Storholt, Marlene Mathews, Brigitte Ahrenholz, Kristin Otto, David Goggins, and József Csermely. After him are Elio Morille, William Phillips, Hasely Crawford, Henri Eberhardt, Alberto Demiddi, and Givi Kartozia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Erich Borchmeyer ranks 332Before him are Maksimilijan Mihelčič, Juan Alfonso Valle, Richard Haydn, Louis Armand, Anna Chandy, and Maria Vierdag. After him are Henry Wilcoxon, Iosif Kheifits, Jack Teagarden, James Burnham, Clarice Benini, and Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum. Among people deceased in 2000, Erich Borchmeyer ranks 283Before him are Gerardo Romero, Kazimierz Brandys, Yuriy Lituyev, Rober Eryol, Lajos Kocsis, and Marc Davis. After him are Alberto Demiddi, Gwendolyn Brooks, Ernesto Albarracín, Helmut Berthold, Larry Linville, and Masao Harada.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Erich Borchmeyer ranks 5,193 out of 7,253Before him are Dietmar Mögenburg (1961), Rudolf Kittel (1853), Jürgen Marcus (1948), Brigitte Ahrenholz (1952), Kristin Otto (1966), and Max Schöne (1880). After him are Mathilde Marchesi (1821), Jürgen Hennig (1951), Holger Badstuber (1989), Dieter Borsche (1909), Klaus Glahn (1942), and Stephan Beckenbauer (1968).

Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Erich Borchmeyer ranks 142Before him are Ilona Gusenbauer (1947), Heinz Fütterer (1931), Hans Liesche (1891), Dietmar Mögenburg (1961), Brigitte Ahrenholz (1952), and Kristin Otto (1966). After him are Helmut Hamann (1912), Gerd Hornberger (1910), Dieter Schubert (1943), Thomas Köhler (1940), Klaus Siebert (1955), and Frank Shorter (1947).