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Ronald Weigel

1959 - Today

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Ronald Weigel (born 8 August 1959 in Hildburghausen, Thuringia) is a German athlete and Olympic medal winner. In the 1980s through the middle of the 1990s he represented East Germany (and then Germany after 1990) as one of world's best in race walking. His first big win came in 1983 when he won the World title in the 50 km walk. At the Summer Olympic games he won a silver medal in the 20 km walk as well as a silver and a bronze medal in the 50 km walk. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Ronald Weigel is the 2,145th most popular athlete (up from 2,546th in 2024), the 5,614th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,903rd in 2019) and the 212th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ronald Weigel ranks 2,145 out of 6,025. Before him are Bernhard Lehmann, Brigitte Rohde, Satymkul Dzhumanazarov, Tony Hurt, Maryvonne Dupureur, and Ute Hommola. After him are Finn Pedersen, Hwang Young-cho, Zoltán Melis, David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, Jan Peka, and Rudolf Povarnitsyn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Ronald Weigel ranks 491. Before him are Per-Mathias Høgmo, Omar Hakim, Steve Bauer, David Hyde Pierce, John Allen Nelson, and Neal H. Moritz. After him are Mario Martone, Jennifer Granholm, Alejandro Mayorkas, Yves Rossy, Chung Hae-won, and Adele Neuhauser.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ronald Weigel ranks 5,617 out of 7,253. Before him are Brigitte Rohde (1954), Lothar Kobluhn (1943), Gerd Kische (1951), Ute Hommola (1952), DJ Hell (1962), and Thomas Dooley (1961). After him are Ozan Güven (1975), Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (1963), Rica Reinisch (1965), Willy Ley (1906), Giorgos Donis (1969), and Jörg Buttgereit (1963).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Ronald Weigel ranks 212. Before him are Karl-Heinz Bußert (1955), Harry Edward (1898), Stefan Junge (1950), Bernhard Lehmann (1948), Brigitte Rohde (1954), and Ute Hommola (1952). After him are Evelin Kaufer (1953), Bärbel Struppert (1950), Peter Thomsen (1961), Manfred Germar (1935), Ulrike Bruns (1953), and Jochen Schümann (1954).

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