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Walter Mahlendorf

1935 - Today

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Walter Mahlendorf (born 4 January 1935) is a German former sprinter who won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics. The German team finished second behind the American team, equaling its own world record of 39.5, but the Americans were later disqualified for an incorrect exchange. Mahlendorf was also a member of the German's 4 × 100 m relay team that won a gold medal at the 1958 European Championships. Mahlendorf never won a national sprint title. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Mahlendorf is the 2,251st most popular athlete (down from 1,708th in 2019), the 5,682nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,443rd in 2019) and the 223rd most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Walter Mahlendorf ranks 2,251 out of 6,025. Before him are Jack Pierce, Toimi Pitkänen, Vicki Draves, Tomas Johansson, Andrei Mikhnevich, and Ivan Udodov. After him are Foy Draper, William Tanui, Igor Astapkovich, Boris Nikolov, Walter Chaffe, and Raúl González.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Walter Mahlendorf ranks 511. Before him are Stevie Chalmers, Ronnie Hawkins, J. G. Farrell, Peter Hollingworth, Manfred Germar, and Don Howe. After him are Tenley Albright, Jim Bolger, Michael Jayston, Trevor Blokdyk, Laurent Robuschi, and John Spencer.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Walter Mahlendorf ranks 5,685 out of 7,253. Before him are Sven Fischer (1971), Peter Broeker (1926), Rudolf Kargus (1952), Rainer Schüttler (1976), Claudia Pechstein (1972), and Heiner Brand (1952). After him are Sung Yu-ri (1981), Christine Laser (1951), Demis Nikolaidis (1973), Norbert Röttgen (1965), Sven Hannawald (1974), and Johanna Wanka (1951).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Walter Mahlendorf ranks 223. Before him are Jochen Schümann (1954), Christine Scheiblich (1954), Brigitte Wujak (1955), Katrin Krabbe (1969), Rainer Schmidt (1948), and Sven Fischer (1971). After him are Christine Laser (1951), Franz-Peter Hofmeister (1951), Katrin Dörre-Heinig (1961), Joachim Mattern (1948), Bernhard Glass (1957), and Magdalena Neuner (1987).

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