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Frank Schaffer

1958 - Today

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Frank Schaffer (born 23 October 1958 in Stalinstadt (today Eisenhüttenstadt), Bezirk Frankfurt) is an East German retired athlete who specialised in the 400 metres. He won the bronze medal in the 400 metres at the 1980 Summer Olympics in a lifetime best time of 44.87 seconds. He also assisted the East German team of Klaus Thiele, Andreas Knebel and Volker Beck in winning the silver medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay. His personal best time of 44.87 seconds ranks him eighth among German 400 m sprinters, behind Thomas Schönlebe, Erwin Skamrahl, Ingo Schultz, Karl Honz, Hartmut Weber, Mathias Schersing and Jens Carlowitz. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Schaffer is the 1,864th most popular athlete (up from 2,202nd in 2024), the 5,430th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,712th in 2019) and the 176th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Frank Schaffer ranks 1,864 out of 6,025. Before him are Leonid Shcherbakov, Norman Taber, Arthur Wint, Bohumil Modrý, Tommy Kono, and Paul Nihill. After him are László Fábián, Matthias Behr, Ghada Shouaa, Lennart Magnusson, John Hansen, and Günther Haase.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Frank Schaffer ranks 427. Before him are Henry Jenkins, Eshaq Jahangiri, Stojan Župljanin, Tsetska Tsacheva, Aleksandr Baluev, and Vadym Yevtushenko. After him are Masakuni Yamamoto, Carlos Manuel, Tim Kaine, Kjell Ola Dahl, Aleksei Guskov, and Norovyn Altankhuyag.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Frank Schaffer ranks 5,433 out of 7,253. Before him are Klaus-Dietrich Flade (1952), Rudolf Krause (1907), Reinhard Häfner (1952), Marcell Jansen (1985), Ursula Karven (1964), and Marcel Schmelzer (1988). After him are Matthias Behr (1955), Günther Haase (1925), Wolfgang Tillmans (1968), Erwin Keller (1905), Nino de Angelo (1963), and Wolfgang Hohlbein (1953).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Frank Schaffer ranks 176. Before him are Harald Hein (1950), Romy Müller (1958), Markus Rühl (1972), Franz Keller (1945), Uwe Hohn (1962), and Sabine Busch (1962). After him are Matthias Behr (1955), Günther Haase (1925), Erwin Keller (1905), Rosa Kellner (1910), Harald Norpoth (1942), and Margitta Pufe (1952).

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