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Ralf Bartels

1978 - Today

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Ralf Bartels (born 21 February 1978 in Stavenhagen, Germany, then German Democratic Republic) is a German shot putter. He became European Champion at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, Sweden after beating Belarusian Andrei Mikhnevich with a final put of 21.13 metres, two centimetres ahead of the Belarusian. Bartels also won bronze at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, with a put of 20.99 m. He had previously been a bronze medalist at the 2002 European Athletics Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Ralf Bartels is the 3,887th most popular athlete (up from 3,994th in 2024), the 6,550th most popular biography from Germany (up from 6,590th in 2019) and the 417th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ralf Bartels ranks 3,887 out of 6,025. Before him are An Baul, Kyriakos Ioannou, Tim Lobinger, Lukas Hofer, Zhang Wenxiu, and Ilya Ilyin. After him are Janina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya, Vsevolods Zeļonijs, Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova, Nicolas Hénard, Jamie Dwyer, and Mohamed Suleiman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Ralf Bartels ranks 786. Before him are Yoshie Takeshita, Eka Zguladze, Harel Levy, Jérémie Elkaïm, Alex Lutz, and Mike Tindall. After him are Tony Yayo, Waleed al-Shehri, André Pinto, Corina Morariu, An Hyo-yeon, and Jörg Fiedler.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ralf Bartels ranks 6,553 out of 7,253. Before him are Sabine Bau (1969), Eckhardt Schultz (1964), Alica Schmidt (1998), Simon Schempp (1988), Christian Träsch (1987), and Tim Lobinger (1972). After him are Ismail Jakobs (1999), Lars Nieberg (1963), Thomas Hoeren (1961), Margareta Kozuch (1986), Björn Phau (1979), and Maximilian Beier (2002).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Ralf Bartels ranks 417. Before him are Stephan Freigang (1967), Simone Hauswald (1979), Eckhardt Schultz (1964), Alica Schmidt (1998), Simon Schempp (1988), and Tim Lobinger (1972). After him are Lars Nieberg (1963), Ute Schell (1966), Alexander Koch (1969), Stephan Vuckovic (1972), Manja Kowalski (1976), and Juan Holgado (1968).

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