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Karen Forkel

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Karen Forkel (born 24 September 1970 in Wolfen) is a German track and field athlete and an Olympic medal winner. In the 1990s she was among the world's best javelin throwers. Her biggest success came in the 1992 Summer Olympics when she took the bronze medal with a throw of 66.86 meters. Her personal best throw with the new-type-javelin was 65.17 metres, achieved in July 1999 in Erfurt. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karen Forkel is the 3,535th most popular athlete (up from 3,856th in 2019), the 6,334th most popular biography from Germany (up from 6,531st in 2019) and the 349th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Karen Forkel ranks 3,535 out of 6,025. Before her are Elana Meyer, Beate Koch, Jean-Luc Brassard, Donald Thomas, Olena Pidhrushna, and Emanuel Rego. After her are Niurka Montalvo, Obadele Thompson, Josip Glasnović, Abderrahmane Hammad, Assefa Mezgebu, and Kirsten Barnes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Karen Forkel ranks 826. Before her are Per Frandsen, Tionne Watkins, Bernardo Segura, Sabrina Lloyd, István Kovács, and Cody Cameron. After her are Jaime Oncins, Zack Ward, James Lesure, Amy Hargreaves, WC, and Thomas Poulsen.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karen Forkel ranks 6,337 out of 7,253. Before her are Gerald Ciolek (1986), Steffen Blochwitz (1967), Edon Zhegrova (1999), Anja Fichtel (1968), Beate Koch (1967), and Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson (1809). After her are Zoltán Sebescen (1975), Ariane Friedrich (1984), Christian Nerlinger (1973), Timo Bernhard (1981), Jennifer Ulrich (1984), and Anja Mittag (1985).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Karen Forkel ranks 349. Before her are Michael Möllenbeck (1969), Michael Jung (1982), Stefan Kretzschmar (1973), André Lange (1973), Sylke Otto (1969), and Beate Koch (1967). After her are Ariane Friedrich (1984), Ulrike Holzner (1968), Björn Otto (1977), Malaika Mihambo (1994), Christina Schwanitz (1985), and Marcus Ehning (1974).

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