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Volker Beck

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Volker Beck (born 30 June 1956 in Nordhausen, Bezirk Erfurt) is a former East German athlete, winner of 400 m hurdles at the 1980 Summer Olympics. With the best 400 m hurdler in the late 1970s and early 1980s Edwin Moses missing due to the boycott, the most likely winner of the Olympic gold was Volker Beck, the East German 400 m hurdles champion in 1980, 1981 and 1983. In Moscow, Beck won the 400 m hurdles in 48,70 s, beating second-placed Vasyl Arkhypenko from Soviet Union by 0.16 seconds, although it was the slowest Olympic final since 1964. Beck won his second Olympic medal in 4 × 400 m relay, when he was beaten to a second place by Soviet anchor Viktor Markin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Volker Beck is the 1,237th most popular athlete (up from 2,396th in 2019), the 4,958th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,800th in 2019) and the 101st most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Volker Beck ranks 1,237 out of 6,025Before him are Juan Amat, Al LeConey, Zdeněk Škrland, Saida Gunba, Per Ivar Moe, and Chi Cheng. After him are Aleksandr Timoshinin, Carl Osburn, Fred Hansen, Patrik Sjöberg, Perikles Kakousis, and Bud Houser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Volker Beck ranks 369Before him are Lutz Eigendorf, Rosalía Arteaga, Steve Hogarth, Bill Maher, Kelly Curtis, and Günther Jauch. After him are Héctor Rebaque, Bruno Giordano, Darko Rundek, Volker Zotz, Anders Tegnell, and Mirko Šarović.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Volker Beck ranks 4,961 out of 7,253Before him are Peter Schenk the Elder (1660), Inge Meysel (1910), Werner Peters (1918), Jens Weißflog (1964), Gustav Rose (1798), and Günther Jauch (1956). After him are Georg Dascher (1911), Heinz Ulzheimer (1925), Johann Christoph Wendland (1755), Peter Schreyer (1953), Lou Bega (1975), and Karl Dall (1941).

Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Volker Beck ranks 101Before him are Johanna Lüttge (1936), Klaus Bonsack (1941), Julius Körner (1870), Irmgard Praetz (1920), Albert Zürner (1890), and Kurt Behrens (1884). After him are Heinz Ulzheimer (1925), Horst Meyer (1941), Paul Günther (1882), Walter Schröder (1932), Frank Kugler (1879), and Anni Holdmann (1900).