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Marlies Göhr

1958 - Today

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Marlies Göhr (née Oelsner, born 21 March 1958 in Gera) is a former East German track and field athlete, the winner of the 100 metres at the inaugural World Championships in 1983. She ranked in the top 10 of the 100 m world rankings for twelve straight years, ranking first in six of those years. During this time she won many medals as a sprinter at major international championships and set several world records. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marlies Göhr is the 556th most popular athlete (down from 266th in 2019), the 4,184th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,666th in 2019) and the 29th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Marlies Göhr ranks 556 out of 6,025. Before her are Bruno Müller, Jay O'Brien, William Jones, Howard Valentine, Karl-Friedrich Haas, and Eddie Owen. After her are Ivo Van Damme, Louis Clarke, Heike Drechsler, Émile Druart, John Mikaelsson, and Luis Brunetto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Marlies Göhr ranks 202. Before her are Salima Ghezali, Jennifer Tilly, Masaaki Kato, Walburga Habsburg Douglas, Fish, and Bruno Dumont. After her are Ahmad Vahidi, Volodymyr Bezsonov, Julio Olarticoechea, Bernard Genghini, Jan Fabre, and Ricardo Gareca.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Marlies Göhr ranks 4,186 out of 7,253. Before her are Karl-Friedrich Haas (1931), Hans Cieslarczyk (1937), Carl Joseph Begas (1794), Hermann Zapf (1918), Christian Berkel (1957), and Friedrich Eduard Beneke (1798). After her are Woldemar, Prince of Lippe (1824), Gottfried Ludolf Camphausen (1803), Mehmet Scholl (1970), Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1767), Heike Drechsler (1964), and Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg (1776).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Marlies Göhr ranks 29. Before her are Wolfgang Nordwig (1943), Renate Stecher (1950), Christa Stubnick (1933), Gisela Birkemeyer (1931), Monika Zehrt (1952), and Karl-Friedrich Haas (1931). After her are Heike Drechsler (1964), Hartmut Briesenick (1949), Ellen Braumüller (1910), Ingrid Gulbin (1943), Hugo Strauß (1907), and Carl Goßler (1885).

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