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Harald Norpoth

1942 - Today

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Harald Norpoth (born 22 August 1942) is a West German former middle and long distance runner. He won the silver medal over 5000 m at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo as a member of the United Team of Germany. He had already competed in the 1962 European Athletics Championships, where he had fallen and dropped out of the 1500 m final. His high quality as both a 1500 m and a 5000 m runner was proved in the 1966 European Athletics Championships, where he won the bronze medal at 1500 m and the silver medal at 5000 m. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harald Norpoth is the 1,892nd most popular athlete (down from 1,456th in 2019), the 5,438th most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,312th in 2019) and the 180th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Harald Norpoth ranks 1,892 out of 6,025. Before him are Rosa Kellner, Barbora Špotáková, Clarence Walker, Anthea Stewart, Alessandro Andrei, and Giovanni Scatturin. After him are Lamberto Dalla Costa, Nenad Stekić, Gilbert Colgate, William Carr, Hayes Jones, and Yoshihiro Akiyama.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Harald Norpoth ranks 620. Before him are Guus Kuijer, Paul Churchland, Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez, Steve Wynn, Jan Halvarsson, and Christine Darden. After him are Dan Haggerty, Munyoro Nyamau, Mallikarjun Kharge, Jimmy Miller, Eddie Kramer, and Gerhard Roth.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Harald Norpoth ranks 5,441 out of 7,253. Before him are Curt Goetz (1888), Chris Gueffroy (1968), Barbara Petzold (1955), Rosa Kellner (1910), Gert Hofmann (1931), and Ines Diers (1963). After him are Hugo Dollheiser (1927), Wolfdietrich Schnurre (1920), Wolfgang Sidka (1954), Annemarie Buchner (1924), Margitta Pufe (1952), and Jörg Heinrich (1969).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Harald Norpoth ranks 180. Before him are Sabine Busch (1962), Frank Schaffer (1958), Matthias Behr (1955), Günther Haase (1925), Erwin Keller (1905), and Rosa Kellner (1910). After him are Margitta Pufe (1952), Liesel Westermann (1944), Christiane Krause (1950), Marga Petersen (1919), Wolfgang Scheidel (1943), and Lutz Dombrowski (1959).

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