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Lina Radke

1903 - 1983

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Karoline "Lina" Radke-Batschauer (18 October 1903 – 14 February 1983) was a German track and field athlete. She was the first Olympic champion in the 800 m for women. Born as Lina Batschauer, she started competing in athletics at the age of 20. In those years sports such as running were considered far too exhausting for women. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lina Radke is the 237th most popular athlete (down from 147th in 2019), the 3,121st most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,836th in 2019) and the 14th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Lina Radke ranks 237 out of 6,025. Before her are Armin Hary, Nadezhda Chizhova, Bob King, Bill Holland, Aleksander Klumberg, and Ralph Boston. After her are Herma Bauma, Haile Gebrselassie, David Hall, Dallas Long, Janusz Kusociński, and Sebastian Coe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Lina Radke ranks 151. Before her are Nikolay Krylov, Morgan Taylor, Aleksei N. Leontiev, Antanas Sniečkus, Takiji Kobayashi, and Alexander Imich. After her are Maria Giuseppa Robucci, K. Kamaraj, André Maschinot, Fumiko Hayashi, Rafael Paasio, and Matvey Blanter. Among people deceased in 1983, Lina Radke ranks 114. Before her are Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt, Thomas S. Gates Jr., Louise Weiss, Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Christophe Soglo, and Paul de Man. After her are Jørgen Juve, Ira Gershwin, Michel Micombero, Oddbjørn Hagen, Juan Carlos Zabala, and Cathy Berberian.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Lina Radke ranks 3,123 out of 7,253. Before her are Günter Eich (1907), Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1844), Albrecht Ritschl (1822), Henryk Zygalski (1908), Michael Maier (1568), and Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Coburg (1648). After her are Bertha Krupp (1886), Willi Schulz (1938), Johann Baptist Cramer (1771), Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1528), Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach (1582), and Albrecht Adam (1786).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Lina Radke ranks 14. Before her are Gisela Mauermayer (1913), Karin Balzer (1938), Annelie Ehrhardt (1950), Tilly Fleischer (1911), Rosemarie Ackermann (1952), and Armin Hary (1937). After her are Waldemar Cierpinski (1950), Gretel Bergmann (1914), Jürgen Schult (1960), Oscar Goßler (1875), Marianne Werner (1924), and Angela Voigt (1951).

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