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Thomas Schönlebe

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Thomas Schönlebe (born 6 August 1965) is a retired East German track and field athlete who competed in the 400 metres. He won the gold medal at the 1987 World Championships. In that race, he set a European record of 44.33 seconds which stood for 35 years before it was broken by Matthew Hudson-Smith in August 2023. A year earlier, Schönlebe had finished second at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart behind Roger Black. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Schönlebe is the 2,622nd most popular athlete (down from 2,409th in 2024), the 5,905th most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,820th in 2019) and the 264th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Thomas Schönlebe ranks 2,622 out of 6,025. Before him are Ioana Badea, Thomas Lange, Rick Mitchell, Ulrika Knape, Guido Kratschmer, and Brianne Theisen-Eaton. After him are Walter D'Hondt, Shawn Rhoden, Vera Anisimova, Natalia Valeeva, Nicolae Juravschi, and Wang Yifu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Thomas Schönlebe ranks 643. Before him are Sooraj Barjatya, Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, Ekaterina Andreeva, Anna Levandi, Marjo Matikainen-Kallström, and Omar M. Yaghi. After him are Erik Johnsen, Paul Ben-Victor, Patrick Labyorteaux, Ramdev, Ginger Fish, and Andy Buckley.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Thomas Schönlebe ranks 5,906 out of 7,253. Before him are Thorsten Kaye (1966), Thomas Lange (1964), Maria Radner (1981), and Guido Kratschmer (1953). After him are Bela B. (1962), Sabine Hossenfelder (1976), Ingo Schulze (1962), Oceana (1982), Manuel Friedrich (1979), Ludger Stühlmeyer (1961), Kaaren Verne (1918), and Jonas Hector (1990).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Thomas Schönlebe ranks 264. Before him are Ramona Neubert (1958), Diana Gansky (1963), Kirsten Wenzel (1961), Jutta Behrendt (1960), Thomas Lange (1964), and Guido Kratschmer (1953). After him are Eberhard Rösch (1954), Cornelia Oschkenat (1961), Kati Wilhelm (1976), Michael Greis (1976), Fritz Fischer (1956), and Christian Schenk (1965).

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