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Petra Felke

1959 - Today

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Petra Meier (née Felke; born 30 July 1959) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. Representing East Germany, she became the Olympic Champion in 1988 and broke the world record four times between 1985 and 1988. She is the only woman to throw a javelin 80 metres or more, with her world record of 80.00 m (262 ft 5 1⁄2 in). This throw was the world record from 1988 until 1999, when a new javelin design was implemented. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Petra Felke is the 984th most popular athlete (down from 732nd in 2019), the 4,753rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,689th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Petra Felke ranks 984 out of 6,025. Before her are Ulrike Meyfarth, Sidney Johnson, Jorma Valkama, Paul Weinstein, Hildegard Falck, and Thorvald Strömberg. After her are Gunnar Lindström, Jean Piot, Chrétien Waydelich, Gaston Amson, Dieter Krause, and Noemí Simonetto de Portela.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Petra Felke ranks 283. Before her are Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Bernardo Rezende, Anthony LaPaglia, Gerd Wessig, Rickson Gracie, and Peter Mullan. After her are Ana Torroja, Thomas Quasthoff, Mirandinha, John J. Sullivan, Kim Newman, and Sabine Meyer.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Petra Felke ranks 4,756 out of 7,253. Before her are Theodor Fischer (1862), Ulrike Meyfarth (1956), Theodor Plievier (1892), Paul Weinstein (1878), Hildegard Falck (1949), and David Garrett (1980). After her are Mirjam Pressler (1940), Willi Giesemann (1937), Dieter Krause (1936), Botho Strauß (1944), Kurt Maetzig (1911), and Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff (1807).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Petra Felke ranks 73. Before her are Gerd Wessig (1959), Frank Forberger (1943), Manfred Kokot (1948), Ulrike Meyfarth (1956), Paul Weinstein (1878), and Hildegard Falck (1949). After her are Dieter Krause (1936), Thomas Munkelt (1952), Helga Seidler (1949), Hanns Braun (1886), Gabriele Reinsch (1963), and Hartwig Gauder (1954).

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