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Rita Wilden

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Rita Wilden, née Jahn (born 9 October 1947 in Leipzig) is a German athlete, who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich in the 400 metres where she won the silver medal. Later on in the same Games she helped her teammates Anette Rückes, Inge Bödding and Hildegard Falck to a bronze in the first Olympic women's 4 × 400 m relay. Previously as Rita Jahn she had competed in the 200 metres and on the West German 4 × 100 m relay team at the 1968 Olympics, the team finishing 6th. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rita Wilden is the 1,416th most popular athlete (up from 2,149th in 2019), the 5,090th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,674th in 2019) and the 121st most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Rita Wilden ranks 1,416 out of 6,025. Before her are Martin Lauer, Asafa Powell, Pietro Speciale, Erki Nool, Gustaf Lindblom, and Paul Van Asbroeck. After her are Kazimierz Paździor, Maurice Vignerot, József Várszegi, Wolfgang Schmidt, Lawrence Shields, and Valentin Gavrilov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Rita Wilden ranks 648. Before her are Gérard Collomb, Stuart Hameroff, Torsten Palm, Bernie Leadon, John Lipsky, and Grethe Kausland. After her are Sten Stensen, Blagoje Paunović, Gennadiy Seleznyov, Meredith Baxter, Hal Abelson, and Barbara Ferrell.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rita Wilden ranks 5,093 out of 7,253. Before her are Anna-Maria Müller (1949), Siegrun Siegl (1954), Werner Klingler (1903), Rudolf Lippert (1900), Peter Altmaier (1958), and Martin Lauer (1937). After her are Mary Roos (1949), Wolfgang Schmidt (1954), Hansjörg Felmy (1931), Götz Otto (1967), Jörg Drehmel (1945), and Ilke Wyludda (1969).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Rita Wilden ranks 121. Before her are Hermann Hansen (1912), Gunhild Hoffmeister (1944), Anna-Maria Müller (1949), Siegrun Siegl (1954), Rudolf Lippert (1900), and Martin Lauer (1937). After her are Wolfgang Schmidt (1954), Jörg Drehmel (1945), Ilke Wyludda (1969), Pepi Bader (1941), Rolf Danneberg (1953), and Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck (1936).

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