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Gerd Wessig

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Gerd Wessig (German pronunciation: [ɡɛʁt ˈvɛsɪç], ; born 16 July 1959 in Lübz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a former East German high jumper who won the gold medal in the 1980 Summer Olympics, the first man ever to set a world record in the high jump at the Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gerd Wessig is the 959th most popular athlete (down from 740th in 2019), the 4,728th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,697th in 2019) and the 67th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Gerd Wessig ranks 959 out of 6,025. Before him are Ellen Streidt, Birger Sörvik, Harriet Bland, Maurice Huet, Jaak Uudmäe, and Vilho Niittymaa. After him are Hassiba Boulmerka, Henry Carr, Shuhei Nishida, Robert Lindsay, Viktor Kapitonov, and László Szollás.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Gerd Wessig ranks 280. Before him are Milcho Manchevski, Neal Stephenson, Fran Walsh, Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Bernardo Rezende, and Anthony LaPaglia. After him are Rickson Gracie, Peter Mullan, Petra Felke, Ana Torroja, Thomas Quasthoff, and Mirandinha.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gerd Wessig ranks 4,731 out of 7,253. Before him are Jürgen Möllemann (1945), Princess Frederica Caroline of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1735), Fritz Herkenrath (1928), Wilhelm Müller (1909), Hermann Harms (1870), and Birgit Prinz (1977). After him are Christoph Gudermann (1798), Klaus Köste (1943), Ludwig von Falkenhausen (1844), Klaus Badelt (1967), Peter Brötzmann (1941), and Arno Arthur Wachmann (1902).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Gerd Wessig ranks 67. Before him are Maria Sander (1924), Ludwig Stubbendorf (1906), Margitta Gummel (1941), Paula Mollenhauer (1908), Andreas Kunz (1946), and Ellen Streidt (1952). After him are Frank Forberger (1943), Manfred Kokot (1948), Ulrike Meyfarth (1956), Paul Weinstein (1878), Hildegard Falck (1949), and Petra Felke (1959).

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