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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Torsten Voss is the 3,107th most popular athlete (up from 3,126th in 2019), the 6,146th most popular biography from Germany (up from 6,217th in 2019) and the 318th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Torsten Voss ranks 3,107 out of 6,025. Before him are Christoph Sumann, Khatuna Narimanidze, Óscar Figueroa, Fernando Echávarri, Winfred Yavi, and Peter Rono. After him are Eleanor Patterson, Bruny Surin, Jörg Hoffmann, Abel Kirui, Elizabeth Williams, and Anna Biryukova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Torsten Voss ranks 799. Before him are The Sandman, Dale Hawerchuk, Marc Maron, Shigeo Sawairi, Christian Perez, and Ian Crook. After him are Dmitri Galiamin, Jörg Hoffmann, Marian Keyes, Carol Lewis, Jessica Tuck, and Tanyu Kiryakov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Torsten Voss ranks 6,149 out of 7,253. Before him are Patrick Owomoyela (1979), Florian Gallenberger (1972), Malick Thiaw (2001), Rainer Troppa (1958), Kaan Ayhan (1994), and Sebastian Schipper (1968). After him are Jörg Hoffmann (1963), Bettina Stark-Watzinger (1968), Bert Grabsch (1975), Aaron Hunt (1986), Christian Lell (1984), and Rani Khedira (1994).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Torsten Voss ranks 318. Before him are Anke Behmer (1961), Wolfgang Hoppe (1957), Sabine Everts (1961), Christiane Weber (1962), Balian Buschbaum (1980), and Richard Trautmann (1969). After him are Jörg Hoffmann (1963), Nicole Uphoff (1967), Ramona Portwich (1967), Andreas Dittmer (1972), Kerstin Behrendt (1967), and Robert Harting (1984).

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