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Paul Günther

1882 - 1959

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Paul Günther (24 October 1882 – 13 February 1959) was a German diver who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal in the 3 m springboard event. In the plain high diving, he competed in the final but did not finish, so he came eighth. In 1988 he was inducted to the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Günther is the 1,272nd most popular athlete (up from 1,516th in 2019), the 4,981st most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,330th in 2019) and the 104th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Paul Günther ranks 1,272 out of 6,025Before him are Nils Täpp, Renan, Louis Kuehn, Hector Dyer, Robert Boutigny, and Natalya Shikolenko. After him are James Rector, Alfred Neveu, José García, Walter Schröder, Ibrahim Shams, and Frank Kugler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Paul Günther ranks 244Before him are C. E. Ruthenberg, Bidhan Chandra Roy, Oswald Holmberg, Helena Kottler Vurnik, León Cortés Castro, and Geoffrey de Havilland. After him are Georg Jacoby, Edwin Barclay, Axel Sjöblom, Nevile Henderson, Juan Guevara, and Margaret Dumont. Among people deceased in 1959, Paul Günther ranks 181Before him are Kay Kendall, Abraham Flexner, Stepan Erzia, Al LeConey, Abdulla Shaig, and Zakaria Goneim. After him are Elisabeth Moore, Sax Rohmer, Boris Lavrenyov, Sidney Robinson, Guillermo Riveros, and Ragnar Malm.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Paul Günther ranks 4,984 out of 7,253Before him are Horst Meyer (1941), Rainer Brüderle (1945), Zvjezdan Misimović (1982), Björn Höcke (1972), Willy Bandholz (1912), and Kiki VanDeWeghe (1958). After him are Werner Haas (1927), Rosemarie Trockel (1952), Walter Schröder (1932), Frank Kugler (1879), Walter Lübcke (1953), and Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz (1904).

Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Paul Günther ranks 104Before him are Irmgard Praetz (1920), Albert Zürner (1890), Kurt Behrens (1884), Volker Beck (1956), Heinz Ulzheimer (1925), and Horst Meyer (1941). After him are Walter Schröder (1932), Frank Kugler (1879), Anni Holdmann (1900), Willi Holdorf (1940), Liselott Linsenhoff (1927), and Siegbert Horn (1950).