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Torsten Voss

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Torsten Voss (sometimes listed as Thorsten Voss; German pronunciation: [ˈtɔʁstn̩ ˈfɔs] ; born 24 March 1963 in Güstrow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a former East German track and field athlete and bobsledder who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. His biggest success was when he won the world title in the decathlon at the 1987 World Championships in Rome as a representative for East Germany. He achieved a personal best score of 8680 points and was chosen as the East German sportsman of the year. In 1988 in the Seoul Summer Olympic Games he won the silver medal behind fellow East German, Christian Schenk. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Torsten Voss is the 3,108th most popular athlete (down from 3,083rd in 2024), the 6,203rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 6,216th in 2019) and the 330th most popular German Athlete.

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Among people born in 1963, Torsten Voss ranks 895. Before him are Dale Hawerchuk, Marc Maron, Abdelfettah Rhiati, Shigeo Sawairi, Christian Perez, Ian Crook, and Isabelle Duchesnay. After him are Dmitri Galiamin, Jörg Hoffmann, Marian Keyes, Carol Lewis, and Mihaela Armășescu.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Torsten Voss ranks 6,204 out of 7,253. Before him are Rainer Troppa (1958), Kaan Ayhan (1994), Martin Kree (1965), and Sebastian Schipper (1968). After him are Jörg Hoffmann (1963), Uwe Rosenberg (1970), Markus Münch (1972), Bettina Stark-Watzinger (1968), Bert Grabsch (1975), Aaron Hunt (1986), Christian Lell (1984), and Annegret Strauch (1968).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Torsten Voss ranks 330. Before him are Christiane Weber (1962), Balian Buschbaum (1980), Andreas Stähle (1965), Beate Schramm (1966), Richard Trautmann (1969), and Stefan Krauße (1967). After him are Jörg Hoffmann (1963), Annegret Strauch (1968), Karsten Brannasch (1966), Ingo Spelly (1966), Nicole Uphoff (1967), and Ramona Portwich (1967).

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