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Thomas Munkelt

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Thomas Munkelt (born 3 August 1952) is a retired East German athlete, winner of 110 m hurdles at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Born in Zedtlitz, Bezirk Leipzig, East Germany, Thomas Munkelt was a classic high hurdler who dominated European hurdling in the 1970s and early 1980s. Munkelt was the first athlete to break the 7.50 seconds barrier in the 60 m hurdles, when he ran a 7.48 seconds World Record in Budapest in 1983. Munkelt came into the international athletics scene in 1975 when he won his first of nine East German national championship title and European Cup in 110 m hurdles. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Munkelt is the 994th most popular athlete (up from 1,137th in 2019), the 4,766th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,062nd in 2019) and the 75th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Thomas Munkelt ranks 994 out of 6,025. Before him are Gaston Amson, Dieter Krause, Noemí Simonetto de Portela, Adolphe Grisel, Hiroshi Suzuki, and Bruno Boni. After him are Raymond Salles, Robert Farnan, Bohumil Kudrna, Albert Champoudry, Godfrey Rampling, and Zvonimir Vujin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Thomas Munkelt ranks 399. Before him are Magdi Allam, Ellen Streidt, Mustapha Dahleb, Avi Dichter, Carol Ann Susi, and Roxanne Hart. After him are Lorna Luft, Takekazu Asaka, Charlie Whiting, Jean-Christophe Rufin, André Comte-Sponville, and Mario Runco Jr..

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Thomas Munkelt ranks 4,769 out of 7,253. Before him are Anita Rée (1885), Hermann Hirt (1865), Elias Holl (1573), Adolf Friedrich von Schack (1815), Thomas Quasthoff (1959), and Michael May (1934). After him are Georg Friedrich von Martens (1756), Peter Baltes (1958), Hermann Volk (1903), Friedrich von Scholtz (1851), Moritz Bleibtreu (1971), and Tilo Prückner (1940).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Thomas Munkelt ranks 75. Before him are Manfred Kokot (1948), Ulrike Meyfarth (1956), Paul Weinstein (1878), Hildegard Falck (1949), Petra Felke (1959), and Dieter Krause (1936). After him are Helga Seidler (1949), Hanns Braun (1886), Gabriele Reinsch (1963), Hartwig Gauder (1954), Ulf Timmermann (1962), and Rudolf Harbig (1913).

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