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Karen Forkel

1970 - Today

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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 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Karen Forkel is the 3,720th most popular athlete (up from 3,861st in 2024), the 6,478th most popular biography from Germany (up from 6,531st in 2019) and the 404th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Karen Forkel ranks 3,720 out of 6,025. Before her are Beate Koch, Jean-Luc Brassard, Donald Thomas, António Pinto, Olena Pidhrushna, and Emanuel Rego. After her are Daniel Sangouma, Niurka Montalvo, Obadele Thompson, Olena Hovorova, Yelena Afanasyeva, and Josip Glasnović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Karen Forkel ranks 929. Before her are Tionne Watkins, Bernardo Segura, Ronaldo da Costa, Sabrina Lloyd, István Kovács, and Cody Cameron. After her are Jaime Oncins, Zack Ward, James Lesure, Amy Hargreaves, WC, and Paolo Vidoz.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karen Forkel ranks 6,481 out of 7,253. Before her are André Steiner (1970), Thomas Reineck (1967), Anja Fichtel (1968), Beate Koch (1967), Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson (1809), and Jens Heppner (1964). 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 404. Before her are Armin Eichholz (1964), Andreas Keller (1965), Kerstin Müller (1969), André Steiner (1970), Thomas Reineck (1967), and Beate Koch (1967). After her are Ariane Friedrich (1984), Heinz Weis (1963), Ulrike Holzner (1968), Björn Otto (1977), Thomas Endres (1969), and Thorsten Weidner (1967).

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