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Ruth Fuchs

1946 - 2023

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Ruth Fuchs (née Gamm, later Hellmann, 14 December 1946 – 20 September 2023) was a German politician and athlete. Fuchs, representing East Germany, was the winner of the women's javelin at the 1972 (Munich) and 1976 (Montreal) Olympic Games. She set the world record for the javelin six times during the 1970s. Her personal best throw was 69.96 metres with the old javelin type, achieved in April 1980 in Split. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2024). Ruth Fuchs is the 8,605th most popular politician (down from 5,559th in 2024), the 2,375th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,526th in 2019) and the 705th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ruth Fuchs ranks 8,604 out of 19,576. Before her are Juan Carlos Onganía, Themistoclea, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, Shahrokh Shah, and László Kövér. After her are Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal, Tanzan Ishibashi, Manishtushu, Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux, Shar-Kali-Sharri, William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, and Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Ruth Fuchs ranks 225. Before her are Joseph Deiss, Craig Venter, Ahmad al-Tayyeb, Maria Bethânia, Miguel Reina, and Sven Nordqvist. After her are Tom Savini, Michael Radford, Matthieu Ricard, André Dussollier, Eduardo Camaño, and Billy Preston. Among people deceased in 2023, Ruth Fuchs ranks 138. Before her are Chaim Topol, Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, Philippe Sollers, Horst-Dieter Höttges, Tom Sizemore, and Frederic Forrest. After her are Martin Amis, Lubomír Štrougal, Albert Azaryan, Adolf Scherer, Edward L. G. Bowell, and Ken Mattingly.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ruth Fuchs ranks 2,376 out of 7,253. Before her are Johann Andreas Stein (1728), Sigmund Rascher (1909), Friedrich Hossbach (1894), Astrid Kirchherr (1938), Charlotte Bühler (1893), and Wilhelm Boger (1906). After her are William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1682), Princess Hilda of Nassau (1864), Irmina of Oeren (700), Helmut Lachenmann (1935), Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1783), and Otto Braun (1900).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Ruth Fuchs ranks 705. Before her are Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia (1155), Floris III, Count of Holland (1141), Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony (1796), August Hermann Francke (1663), Sigismund, Duke of Bavaria (1439), and Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1700). After her are Princess Hilda of Nassau (1864), Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1783), Otto Braun (1900), Ernst Wollweber (1898), Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1672), and Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria (1813).

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