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Rudi Altig

1937 - 2016

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Rudi Altig (German pronunciation: [ˈʁuːdiː ˈaltɪç] ; 18 March 1937 – 11 June 2016) was a German professional track and road racing cyclist who won the 1962 Vuelta a España and the world championship in 1966. After his retirement from sports he worked as a television commentator. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rudi Altig is the 43rd most popular cyclist (down from 39th in 2019), the 2,644th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,610th in 2019) and the most popular German Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Rudi Altig ranks 43 out of 1,613. Before him are Laurent Fignon, Odile Defraye, Léon Scieur, Ottavio Bottecchia, Walter Godefroot, and Louison Bobet. After him are Henri Pélissier, André Leducq, Luigi Ganna, Hugo Koblet, Sylvère Maes, and Aristidis Konstantinidis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Rudi Altig ranks 164. Before him are Trini Lopez, John Hume, Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria, Waylon Jennings, Monkey Punch, and Sofiko Chiaureli. After him are Gundula Janowitz, Marie Dubois, Carlos Westendorp, Yuri Manin, María Kodama, and Viktor Ponedelnik. Among people deceased in 2016, Rudi Altig ranks 180. Before him are Arnold Wesker, Sixto Durán Ballén, Dragan Nikolić, Götz George, Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, and Bill Nunn. After him are Javier Echevarría Rodríguez, Louis Pilot, Peter Hans Kolvenbach, Elizabeth Roemer, Hassan Al-Turabi, and Papa Wemba.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rudi Altig ranks 2,645 out of 7,253. Before him are Herms Niel (1888), C. W. Ceram (1915), Louis X, Duke of Bavaria (1495), Friedrich Pollock (1894), Robert Heinrich Wagner (1895), and Adolf Ziegler (1892). After him are Friedrich Krupp (1787), Elwin Bruno Christoffel (1829), Johann Liss (1597), Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1918), Carl Brockelmann (1868), and Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow (1782).

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Among CYCLISTS In Germany

Among cyclists born in Germany, Rudi Altig ranks 1. After him are Josef Fischer (1865), Rolf Wolfshohl (1938), Jan Ullrich (1973), Albert Richter (1912), Heinz Müller (1924), Willi Fuggerer (1941), Dietrich Thurau (1954), Toni Merkens (1912), Jürgen Kissner (1942), Joseph Rosemeyer (1872), and Lothar Thoms (1956).

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