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Paul Falk

1921 - 2017

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Paul Falk (German pronunciation: [paʊ̯l ˈfalk] ; 21 December 1921 – 20 May 2017) was a German pair skater. Born in Dortmund, Germany, he skated with Ria Baran and became two-time World champion and 1952 Olympic champion. Baran and Falk married during their active international figure skating. The pair skated for the club Düsseldorfer EG and had no coach. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Falk is the 102nd most popular skater (up from 128th in 2019), the 5,082nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,359th in 2019) and the 10th most popular German Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Paul Falk ranks 102 out of 483. Before him are Hana Mašková, Yuna Kim, Sissy Schwarz, Nancy Kerrigan, Alexander Gennadiyevich Zaitsev, and Aleksandr Gorshkov. After him are Carol Heiss, Sten Stensen, Jeanne Ashworth, Lassi Parkkinen, Steven Bradbury, and Kees Verkerk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Paul Falk ranks 379. Before him are Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, Eeva-Liisa Manner, Hal David, Regina Bianchi, Jesse Helms, and Chico Hamilton. After him are Daniel Oduber Quirós, Josef Holeček, Patricia Wrightson, Rufina Gasheva, Walter Kaufmann, and Giuseppe Moro. Among people deceased in 2017, Paul Falk ranks 453. Before him are Anthony Harvey, Václav Machek, Dieter Kottysch, Glenne Headly, Kim Joo-hyuk, and Adolph Kiefer. After him are Françoise Héritier, Rodrigo Valdez, Viktor Chanov, Aníbal Ruiz, Lothar Thoms, and Nancy Dupree.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Paul Falk ranks 5,085 out of 7,253. Before him are Fredric Wertham (1895), Hans Schlegel (1951), Thomas Reiter (1958), Irmtraud Morgner (1933), Wolfgang Seguin (1945), and Hans Eichel (1941). After him are Max Hainle (1882), Timo Boll (1981), Anna-Maria Müller (1949), Siegrun Siegl (1954), Werner Klingler (1903), and Rudolf Lippert (1900).

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Among SKATERS In Germany

Among skaters born in Germany, Paul Falk ranks 10. Before him are Anna Hübler (1885), Ernst Baier (1905), Gabriele Seyfert (1948), Maxi Herber (1920), Marika Kilius (1943), and Ria Baran (1922). After him are Manfred Schnelldorfer (1943), Hans-Jürgen Bäumler (1942), Christa Luding-Rothenburger (1959), Karin Enke (1961), Anett Pötzsch (1960), and Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich (1960).

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