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Ursula Happe

1926 - 2021

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Ursula Happe (German pronunciation: [ˈʊʁzula ˈhapə] ; 20 October 1926 – 26 March 2021) was a German swimmer and Olympic champion. She competed at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, where she won the gold medal in 200 m breaststroke. She also competed in the women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Happe died in Dortmund on 26 March 2021 at the age of 94. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ursula Happe is the 278th most popular athlete (up from 523rd in 2019), the 695th most popular biography from Poland (up from 954th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Polish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ursula Happe ranks 278 out of 6,025. Before her are Nils von Kantzow, Phil Edwards, Dimitrios Golemis, Alfred Tysoe, Vsevolod Bobrov, and Robert Taylor. After her are Józef Szmidt, George Kerr, John Paine, Egil Danielsen, Bill Miller, and Juan Carlos Zabala.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Ursula Happe ranks 215. Before her are Alfredo Oscar Saint Jean, Yvonne Furneaux, Friedrich Cerha, Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro, Pat Flaherty, and Johanna Quandt. After her are Ladislav Adamec, Frank Finlay, Big Mama Thornton, Emmanuel Wamala, Yitzhak Arad, and Cedella Booker. Among people deceased in 2021, Ursula Happe ranks 247. Before her are B. J. Thomas, Yegor Ligachyov, Yukhym Zvyahilsky, Joey Jordison, Shunsuke Kikuchi, and Koichi Sugiyama. After her are Yitzhak Arad, Leon Spinks, José Freire Falcão, John Miles, Carlos Correia, and Louis Andriessen.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Ursula Happe ranks 695 out of 1,694. Before her are Peter van Eyck (1911), Olga Desmond (1890), Duchess Frederica of Württemberg (1765), Yakov Perelman (1882), Maria Wirtemberska (1768), and Jadwiga of Kalisz (1266). After her are Józef Szmidt (1935), Friedrich Gilly (1772), Matthias Habich (1940), Karl Otfried Müller (1797), Czesław Kiszczak (1925), and Ernst Wiechert (1887).

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Among ATHLETES In Poland

Among athletes born in Poland, Ursula Happe ranks 7. Before her are Stanisława Walasiewicz (1911), Gustav Flatow (1875), Myer Prinstein (1878), Hans Woellke (1911), Ewa Kłobukowska (1946), and Janusz Kusociński (1907). After her are Józef Szmidt (1935), Elżbieta Krzesińska (1934), Gerhard Stöck (1911), Walter Bathe (1892), Teresa Ciepły (1937), and Stanisław Kowalski (1910).

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