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Halina Górecka

1938 - Today

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Halina Sylwia Górecka (née Richter, later Herrmann; born 4 February 1938) is a retired Polish and German sprinter. At the Summer Olympics she competed for Poland in 1956, 1960 and 1964 and for West Germany in 1968. She won a bronze and a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay in 1960 and 1964, respectively. The Polish team set a world record in the 1964 final, but it was annulled after one teammate, Ewa Kłobukowska, failed a gender test in 1967. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Halina Górecka is the 912th most popular athlete (down from 823rd in 2019), the 1,016th most popular biography from Poland (up from 1,049th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Polish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Halina Górecka ranks 912 out of 6,025. Before her are Rafael Chimishkyan, Ann-Britt Leyman, Tommaso Lequio di Assaba, Paula Mollenhauer, Gianni Bonichon, and Valeriu Bularca. After her are Valeri Popenchenko, Andreas Kunz, Nikolai Gorbachev, Tarjei Bø, Conrad Magnusson, and Emmett Toppino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Halina Górecka ranks 415. Before her are András Balczó, Tibor Csernai, Ahmet Ayık, Teresa Stratas, Jacques Diouf, and Viktor Kosichkin. After her are Diana Muldaur, Ajdar Ismailov, Friedhelm Konietzka, Marcel Artelesa, Halit Akçatepe, and Jan Lála.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Halina Górecka ranks 1,016 out of 1,694. Before her are Halina Poświatowska (1935), Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (1959), Waldemar Baszanowski (1935), John Shalikashvili (1936), Hans Lewy (1904), and Heinrich Caro (1834). After her are Antoni Piechniczek (1942), Halszka Osmólska (1930), Andrzej Lepper (1954), Jadwiga Jędrzejowska (1912), Georg Sterzinsky (1936), and Gustav Neumann (1838).

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Among ATHLETES In Poland

Among athletes born in Poland, Halina Górecka ranks 17. Before her are Walter Bathe (1892), Teresa Ciepły (1937), Stanisław Kowalski (1910), Kazimierz Barburski (1942), Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (1934), and Waldemar Baszanowski (1935). After her are Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (1929), Danas Pozniakas (1939), Janusz Sidło (1933), Kazimierz Zimny (1935), Klaus Beer (1942), and Jadwiga Wajs (1912).

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