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Irmgard Praetz

1920 - 2008

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Irmgard Praetz (9 August 1920 – 7 November 2008) was a German track and field athlete who competed mainly in the long jump. She was the gold medallist in that event at the 1938 European Athletics Championships. She achieved her career best mark of 5.88 m (19 ft 3+1⁄4 in) at the competition, which ranked her third globally for the year. Praetz was born in Salzwedel and died in Garching bei München. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Irmgard Praetz is the 1,218th most popular athlete (up from 1,571st in 2019), the 4,936th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,353rd in 2019) and the 98th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Irmgard Praetz ranks 1,218 out of 6,025. Before her are Audun Boysen, Achille Souchard, Francis Frederick, Müzahir Sille, Lee Calhoun, and Richard Meade. After her are Charles Mathiesen, Trine Hattestad, Albert Zürner, Britt Strandberg, Paul Winter, and Velimir Valenta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Irmgard Praetz ranks 357. Before her are Alberto Calderón, Olha Ilkiv, Enzo Biagi, Helen Thomas, Sergio Livingstone, and Zeno Colò. After her are Laraine Day, Franca Valeri, Idea Vilariño, Lucidio Sentimenti, Neville Brand, and Raisa Aronova. Among people deceased in 2008, Irmgard Praetz ranks 281. Before her are Cachao, Miroslav Koranda, Norman Smith, Neil Bartlett, Tony Duvert, and Frederick Seitz. After her are Jimmy Giuffre, Gabriel París Gordillo, Cecilia Colledge, Anatoly Karatsuba, Erwin Geschonneck, and Rafael Azcona.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Irmgard Praetz ranks 4,939 out of 7,253. Before her are Julius Körner (1870), Jürgen Nöldner (1941), August Heim (1904), Andreas Pietschmann (1969), Heide Simonis (1943), and Günter Lamprecht (1930). After her are Ümit Davala (1973), Andreas Scholl (1967), Ludwig Lachmann (1906), Paul Möhring (1710), Lothar Kurbjuweit (1950), and Gabriele Zimmer (1955).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Irmgard Praetz ranks 98. Before her are Frank Rühle (1944), Vladimir Morozov (null), Otto Fickeisen (1879), Johanna Lüttge (1936), Klaus Bonsack (1941), and Julius Körner (1870). After her are Albert Zürner (1890), Kurt Behrens (1884), Volker Beck (1956), Heinz Ulzheimer (1925), Horst Meyer (1941), and Paul Günther (1882).

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