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Heinz Pollay

1908 - 1979

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Heinz Pollay (4 February 1908 in Köslin, Pomerania – 14 May 1979) was a German (later West German) horse rider who competed in dressage from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two golds (Dressage individual and Dressage team: both 1936) and one bronze (Dressage team: 1952). Pollay took the Judge's Oath at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, the first for an official in the Summer Olympics to do so. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heinz Pollay is the 1,565th most popular athlete (down from 1,432nd in 2019), the 1,142nd most popular biography from Poland (up from 1,171st in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Polish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Heinz Pollay ranks 1,565 out of 6,025. Before him are József Kovács, Tore Berger, Niels Holst-Sørensen, Ole Lilloe-Olsen, Phyllis Johnson, and Hans Liesche. After him are Antonina Seredina, Joseph Ryan, Cecil McMaster, Dietmar Mögenburg, Larry James, and Bent Peder Rasch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Heinz Pollay ranks 365. Before him are Henri Lepage, Tauno Palo, Franz Pfnür, Eberardo Villalobos, Corneliu Robe, and Alberto Zozaya. After him are Albert Scherrer, Guillermo Arellano, Miriam Rothschild, Kaarlo Tuominen, Hu Die, and Robert Pearce. Among people deceased in 1979, Heinz Pollay ranks 236. Before him are Lajos Maszlay, Klaus Egge, Blas de Otero, Van McCoy, Fred Akuffo, and Hans Liesche. After him are Beatrice Hicks, John Norton, Jan Pijnenburg, Hans Scherfig, Ben Lyon, and Elizabeth Ryan.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Heinz Pollay ranks 1,142 out of 1,694. Before him are Adam Małysz (1977), Witold Woyda (1939), Kazimierz Brandys (1916), Miron Białoszewski (1922), Maria Kwaśniewska (1913), and Władysław Żeleński (1837). After him are Julia Hartwig (1921), Waldemar Pawlak (1959), Tadeusz Friedrich (1903), Jan Lechoń (1899), Hans Grodotzki (1936), and Paul Mattick (1904).

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Among ATHLETES In Poland

Among athletes born in Poland, Heinz Pollay ranks 33. Before him are Andrzej Zieliński (1936), Dieter Kottysch (1943), Kazimierz Paździor (1935), Józef Grudzień (1939), Witold Woyda (1939), and Maria Kwaśniewska (1913). After him are Hans Grodotzki (1936), Wiesław Rudkowski (1946), Dieter Grahn (1944), Jerzy Kaczmarek (1948), Tadeusz Rut (1931), and Zygmunt Chychła (1926).

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