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Renate Boy

1939 - 2023

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Renate Boy (née Garisch-Culmberger; 24 January 1939 – 5 January 2023) was a German shot putter, who in 1961 became the first German woman to throw over 17 meters (17.18 m). Garisch-Culmberger competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics representing the United Team of Germany and at the 1968 Olympics representing East Germany, and finished in sixth, second and fifth place, respectively. At the European Championships she won a silver medal in 1962, and finished fifth in 1969. In 1964, Garisch-Culmberger set a new indoor world record at 17.18m, and nationally she won East German titles in 1961 to 1965, and 1967. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Renate Boy is the 430th most popular athlete (down from 352nd in 2019), the 1,354th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,462nd in 2019) and the 20th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Renate Boy ranks 430 out of 6,025. Before her are Pat McCormick, Forrest Smithson, Henri Hazebrouck, Simon Slåttvik, John Kuck, and Pavel Lednyov. After her are George Parker, Alfred Schmidt, Nam Sung-yong, Giancarlo Ferrari, Walther Katzenstein, and Konstantinos Tsiklitiras.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Renate Boy ranks 298. Before her are Charles Jencks, Peter Mayle, Mike Castle, Roy Buchanan, James Galway, and Ali Mahdi Muhammad. After her are Marie-Claire Blais, José Emilio Pacheco, Len Cariou, Nông Đức Mạnh, Yury Glazkov, and Robert Darnton. Among people deceased in 2023, Renate Boy ranks 264. Before her are Salma Khadra Jayyusi, Meir Shalev, Elisabeth Kopp, Tatjana Patitz, Pat McCormick, and Klaus Teuber. After her are Reino Börjesson, Paul Johnson, Johan Leysen, Raoul Servais, Angel Wagenstein, and John Zizioulas.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Renate Boy ranks 1,354 out of 3,761. Before her are Nikolay Mikhaylovsky (1842), Ilya Glazunov (1930), Oleg Vidov (1943), Karl Vaino (1923), Pavel Lednyov (1943), and Andrey Lukanov (1938). After her are Boris Eikhenbaum (1886), Natalia Vodianova (1982), Artaxias III (-13), Lev Artsimovich (1909), Pyotr Tkachev (1844), and Sergei Yursky (1935).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Renate Boy ranks 20. Before her are Galina Zybina (1931), Sergey Litvinov (1958), Veikko Hakulinen (1925), Tatyana Kazankina (1951), Bernd Kannenberg (1942), and Pavel Lednyov (1943). After her are Aleksandra Chudina (1923), Olavi Mannonen (1930), Lyudmila Bragina (1943), Yevgeny Grishin (1931), Boris Melnikov (1938), and Veikko Karvonen (1926).

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