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Frank Shorter

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Frank Charles Shorter (born October 31, 1947) is an American former long-distance runner who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. His Olympic success, along with the achievements of other American runners, is credited with igniting the running boom in the United States during the 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Shorter is the 1,593rd most popular athlete (down from 919th in 2019), the 5,227th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,924th in 2019) and the 148th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Frank Shorter ranks 1,593 out of 6,025. Before him are Thomas Köhler, Klaus Siebert, Edera Cordiale, Wilhelmina von Bremen, Erik Hartsuiker, and Mikhail Krivonosov. After him are Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský, Reidar Liaklev, Charles Jenkins Sr., Helmut Berthold, Vladimir Belousov, and Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Frank Shorter ranks 685. Before him are Boujemaa Benkhrif, Paulo de Carvalho, Boris Gulko, Wayne Allwine, Robert Service, and Glenn Cornick. After him are Leena Krohn, Rói Patursson, Finn Kalvik, Carlos Mendes, Theodore Katsanevas, and Majgull Axelsson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Frank Shorter ranks 5,230 out of 7,253. Before him are Thomas Köhler (1940), Hans-Jürgen Bäumler (1942), Heinz Hornig (1937), Klaus Siebert (1955), Bernd Dürnberger (1953), and Joachim Winkelhock (1960). After him are Franco Foda (1966), Helmut Berthold (1911), Wilhelm Genazino (1943), Timur Vermes (1967), Ernst Messerschmid (1945), and Erich Koschik (1913).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Frank Shorter ranks 148. Before him are Erich Borchmeyer (1905), Helmut Hamann (1912), Gerd Hornberger (1910), Dieter Schubert (1943), Thomas Köhler (1940), and Klaus Siebert (1955). After him are Helmut Berthold (1911), Erich Koschik (1913), Margit Schumann (1952), Christina Lathan (1958), Ursula Knab (1929), and Bernhard Germeshausen (1951).

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