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Ulf Timmermann

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Ulf Béla Timmermann (German pronunciation: [ʊlf ˈtɪmɐˌman], ; born 1 November 1962 in East Berlin) is a retired German shot putter who broke the world record several times during the 1980s, and is the first and one of only four people to ever throw over 23 metres (along with Randy Barnes, Joe Kovacs and Ryan Crouser). Timmermann was born in Berlin to an athletic family and took up shot put at 13. He broke his first world record in 1985 with a throw of 22.62 meters. On 22 May 1988 he became the first person to throw over 23 meters with a throw of 23.06 meters at Chania, Greece. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ulf Timmermann is the 1,024th most popular athlete (down from 727th in 2019), the 4,811th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,719th in 2019) and the 80th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ulf Timmermann ranks 1,024 out of 6,025. Before him are Joe Earl, Tetsuo Hamuro, Arvid Knöppel, György Kárpáti, Anastasiya Kuzmina, and Maria Mutola. After him are Viola Myers, Siiri Rantanen, Victor Thibault, Atanase Sciotnic, Vasili Kuznetsov, and Robert Emmiyan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Ulf Timmermann ranks 277. Before him are Nélson Luís Kerchner, Madhavi, Ding Xuexiang, Andrew McCarthy, Masakazu Katsura, and Bruno Pelletier. After him are Mic Michaeli, Jimmy White, Stephen Sommers, Juan Aguilera, Eriq La Salle, and Hesham Qandil.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ulf Timmermann ranks 4,814 out of 7,253. Before him are Tomislav Marić (1973), Hartwig Gauder (1954), Ulrich Wehling (1952), Hermann Josef Abs (1901), René Kollo (1937), and Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch (1857). After him are Paul Peter Ewald (1888), Christiane Nord (1943), Rudolf Harbig (1913), Franz Dienert (1900), Nikolaus Pevsner (1902), and Otto Bütschli (1848).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Ulf Timmermann ranks 80. Before him are Dieter Krause (1936), Thomas Munkelt (1952), Helga Seidler (1949), Hanns Braun (1886), Gabriele Reinsch (1963), and Hartwig Gauder (1954). After him are Rudolf Harbig (1913), Ingrid Lotz (1934), Bärbel Wöckel (1955), Ilona Slupianek (1956), Adolf Möller (1877), and Carla Bodendorf (1953).

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