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Jürgen Straub

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Jürgen Straub (born November 3, 1953, in Weitersroda) is a former East German middle-distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres. Straub's greatest race won him a silver medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics over 1500 metres representing East Germany, behind Sebastian Coe. In that race Straub surprisingly beat 800 metres champion Steve Ovett into third place. Needing a strategy to compete against the two more favoured and fast-finishing British runners, Straub suddenly accelerated with still 700 meters of the race remaining and then steadily increased his pace to the end, overhauled only by Coe and crossing the finishing line in obvious delight. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jürgen Straub is the 2,430th most popular athlete (up from 2,678th in 2024), the 5,801st most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,992nd in 2019) and the 243rd most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jürgen Straub ranks 2,430 out of 6,025. Before him are Rusty Wailes, Sergey Makarov, Irina Nazarova, Elmar Borrmann, Yohan Blake, and Kathrin Neimke. After him are Konstantin Volkov, Kirsten Emmelmann, Carole Quinton, Slavko Obadov, Torfi Bryngeirsson, and Tomáš Dvořák.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Jürgen Straub ranks 597. Before him are Tor Ulven, Christopher Fairbank, Jochen Danneberg, Tomasz Wójtowicz, Julien Temple, and Ian Mosley. After him are Helmut Roleder, Lionel Zinsou, Phil Davis, Ignacio Flores, Bess Armstrong, and Tatyana Providokhina.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Jürgen Straub ranks 5,804 out of 7,253. Before him are David McAllister (1971), Petra Thümer (1961), Steffen Freund (1970), Elmar Borrmann (1957), Gonzalo Castro (1987), and Kathrin Neimke (1966). After him are Kirsten Emmelmann (1961), Helmut Roleder (1953), Tia Mowry (1978), Ute Geweniger (1964), Martin Schmitt (1978), and Caren Metschuck (1963).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Jürgen Straub ranks 243. Before him are Joachim Kunz (1959), Barbara Krug (1956), Gloria Siebert (1964), Ralf Schumann (1962), Elmar Borrmann (1957), and Kathrin Neimke (1966). After him are Kirsten Emmelmann (1961), Peter Angerer (1959), Sabine Bischoff (1958), Gerhard Heer (1955), Rudi Fink (1958), and Harald Schmid (1957).

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