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Karin Balzer

1938 - 2019

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Karin Balzer (née Richert; 5 June 1938 – 17 December 2019) was an East German hurdler who competed in the 80 m hurdles event at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics, and in the 100 m hurdles in 1972. She won a gold medal in 1964 and a bronze in 1972, while finishing fifth in 1968. During her career she set 37 world's best performances. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karin Balzer is the 167th most popular athlete (up from 216th in 2019), the 2,865th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,460th in 2019) and the 9th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Karin Balzer ranks 167 out of 6,025. Before her are Saïd Aouita, Ecaterina Oancia, Gaston Reiff, Naoto Tajima, Irving Baxter, and Carlo Airoldi. After her are Duje Bonačić, Annelie Ehrhardt, Dorando Pietri, William Petersson, Bobby Pearce, and Alex Wilson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Karin Balzer ranks 211. Before her are Isao Inokuma, Luis Artime, Richard Beymer, Juan Carlos Wasmosy, William B. Davis, and Leon Panetta. After her are Eiko Ishioka, Carlo Caffarra, Suhaila Siddiq, Klaus Voormann, Yuri Temirkanov, and Francesco Coccopalmerio. Among people deceased in 2019, Karin Balzer ranks 172. Before her are Jean-Pierre Marielle, Keith Flint, José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez, Johnny Kitagawa, Claude Goretta, and Pim Verbeek. After her are Juice Wrld, Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, George Hilton, Eva Mozes Kor, Herman Wouk, and Dick Dale.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karin Balzer ranks 2,867 out of 7,253. Before her are Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1679), Helene Mayer (1910), Hellmuth Walter (1900), Johannes Heinrich Schultz (1884), Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach (1875), and İlkay Gündoğan (1990). After her are Willi Graf (1918), Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1735), Otl Aicher (1922), Carl Hilpert (1888), Franz Xaver von Baader (1765), and Robert Volkmann (1815).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Karin Balzer ranks 9. Before her are Fritz Hofmann (1871), Dora Ratjen (1918), Friedrich Traun (1876), Klaus Wolfermann (1946), Karl Hein (1908), and Gisela Mauermayer (1913). After her are Annelie Ehrhardt (1950), Tilly Fleischer (1911), Rosemarie Ackermann (1952), Armin Hary (1937), Lina Radke (1903), and Waldemar Cierpinski (1950).

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