ATHLETE

Heike Drechsler

1964 - Today

Photo of Heike Drechsler

Icon of person Heike Drechsler

Heike Gabriela Drechsler (German pronunciation: [ˈhaɪkə ˈdʁɛkslɐ] ; née Daute; born 16 December 1964) is a German former track and field athlete who represented East Germany and later Germany. One of the most successful long jumpers of all-time, she is a former world record holder and ranks third on the all-time list with her legal best of 7.48 metres in 1988. Her marginally wind-assisted jump of 7.63 metres (+2.1) in 1992 at altitude in Sestriere, is still the furthest a woman has ever long jumped. She is the only woman who has won two Olympic gold medals in the long jump, winning in 1992 and 2000. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heike Drechsler is the 559th most popular athlete (down from 188th in 2019), the 4,189th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,220th in 2019) and the 30th most popular German Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Heike Drechsler by language

Loading...

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Heike Drechsler ranks 559 out of 6,025. Before her are Howard Valentine, Karl-Friedrich Haas, Eddie Owen, Marlies Göhr, Ivo Van Damme, and Louis Clarke. After her are Émile Druart, John Mikaelsson, Luis Brunetto, Amos Biwott, Louis Wilkins, and Juan Pacheco.

Most Popular Athletes in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Heike Drechsler ranks 191. Before her are LisaGay Hamilton, Vinnie Paul, Sergei Loznitsa, Mark Sheppard, Manuel Jiménez Jiménez, and Vreni Schneider. After her are Emmanuelle Devos, Ricardo Gomes, Natacha Atlas, Kevin Schwantz, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and Chris Farley.

Others Born in 1964

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heike Drechsler ranks 4,191 out of 7,253. Before her are Friedrich Eduard Beneke (1798), Marlies Göhr (1958), Woldemar, Prince of Lippe (1824), Gottfried Ludolf Camphausen (1803), Mehmet Scholl (1970), and Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1767). After her are Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg (1776), Olaf Thon (1966), Hermann Osthoff (1847), Johann Georg von Hahn (1811), Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz (1804), and George William, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1591).

Others born in Germany

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Heike Drechsler ranks 30. Before her are Renate Stecher (1950), Christa Stubnick (1933), Gisela Birkemeyer (1931), Monika Zehrt (1952), Karl-Friedrich Haas (1931), and Marlies Göhr (1958). After her are Hartmut Briesenick (1949), Ellen Braumüller (1910), Ingrid Gulbin (1943), Hugo Strauß (1907), Carl Goßler (1885), and Arthur Tell Schwab (1896).

German born Athletes

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous