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Marga Petersen

1919 - 2002

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Marga Petersen (German pronunciation: [ˈmaʁɡaː ˈpeːtɐzn̩] ; 18 September 1919 in Bremen – 22 September 2002 in Ottersberg) was a German athlete who competed mainly in the sprints. She competed for West Germany in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the 4 × 100 metres where she won the silver medal with her teammates Ursula Knab, 80 metre hurdles bronze medalist Maria Sander and Helga Klein. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Marga Petersen is the 1,924th most popular athlete (up from 1,956th in 2024), the 5,459th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,574th in 2019) and the 185th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Marga Petersen ranks 1,924 out of 6,025. Before her are Josef Horešovský, Johannes Terwogt, Ghiță Licu, Ronald Lopatni, Cyril Slater, and Clarence Oldfield. After her are Jacek Wszoła, Yelena Petushkova, Steve Prefontaine, Jozef Pribilinec, Robby Naish, and Stefan Holm.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Marga Petersen ranks 320. Before her are Forrest Tucker, Bill Nicholson, Delfo Cabrera, Aleksandr Volodin, Tennessee Ernie Ford, and David Blackwell. After her are Edward Brooke, Phyllis Thaxter, Dries van der Lof, Paul Joseph Phạm Đình Tụng, Betty Garrett, and Walt Hansgen. Among people deceased in 2002, Marga Petersen ranks 308. Before her are Sergei Bodrov Jr., Desmond Hoyte, Sylvia Rivera, Joyce Cooper, Lev Kulidzhanov, and Jürgen Werner. After her are Davey Boy Smith, Martin Kamen, Pierre Rapsat, Stanley Wagner, Daniel Pearl, and Renato Pirocchi.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Marga Petersen ranks 5,462 out of 7,253. Before her are Christiane Krause (1950), Rick J. Jordan (1968), Christian Wörns (1972), Karl Lauterbach (1963), Jürgen Werner (1935), and Ralph Giordano (1923). After her are Lida Heymann (1868), Vera Zorina (1917), Jürgen Sundermann (1940), Harald Konopka (1952), Hans Lutz (1949), and Dustin Brown (1984).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Marga Petersen ranks 185. Before her are Erwin Keller (1905), Rosa Kellner (1910), Harald Norpoth (1942), Margitta Pufe (1952), Liesel Westermann (1944), and Christiane Krause (1950). After her are Wolfgang Scheidel (1943), Lutz Dombrowski (1959), Karl Neumer (1887), Frank Ullrich (1958), Petra Schersing (1965), and Uschi Disl (1970).

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