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Karl Hein

1908 - 1982

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Karl Hein (11 June 1908 – 10 July 1982) was a German hammer thrower who won a gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Hein is the 129th most popular athlete (up from 291st in 2019), the 2,613th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,833rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Karl Hein ranks 129 out of 6,025. Before him are Ralph Craig, Theagenes of Thasos, John Ljunggren, Anatoliy Bondarchuk, Viggo Jensen, and Cy Young. After him are Jan Železný, Fred Kelly, Hans Woellke, William Hoyt, Albin Stenroos, and Jane Bell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Karl Hein ranks 126. Before him are Mario Evaristo, Ed Gordon, Lionel Hampton, Lee Krasner, Carlos Peucelle, and Anna Sten. After him are Gisèle Freund, Michael, Prince of Montenegro, Ivan Yefremov, Yevgeny Vuchetich, Bo Yibo, and Krystyna Skarbek. Among people deceased in 1982, Karl Hein ranks 101. Before him are Randy Rhoads, Riccardo Paletti, Dorothy Round, Djuna Barnes, Vic Morrow, and David Frankfurter. After him are Sultan al-Atrash, Pavel Rotmistrov, Tadj ol-Molouk, Anatoly Solonitsyn, Elio Petri, and Jakov Gotovac.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Hein ranks 2,614 out of 7,253. Before him are Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst (1563), Wilhelm Worringer (1881), George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1784), Max Skladanowsky (1863), Carl, Duke of Württemberg (1936), and Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess of Brabant (1224). After him are Alexander Gode (1906), Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke (1835), Princess Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz (1691), J. Cole (1985), Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch (1888), and Georg August Goldfuss (1782).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Karl Hein ranks 7. Before him are Luz Long (1913), Marita Koch (1957), Fritz Hofmann (1871), Dora Ratjen (1918), Friedrich Traun (1876), and Klaus Wolfermann (1946). After him are Gisela Mauermayer (1913), Karin Balzer (1938), Annelie Ehrhardt (1950), Tilly Fleischer (1911), Rosemarie Ackermann (1952), and Armin Hary (1937).

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