Karin Illgen

German discus thrower
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Summary

Karin Illgen was born on April 7, 1941[1], in Greifswald[2]. She died on June 9, 2026[3], in Leipzig[4]. She worked as an athletics competitor[5]. She ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38 views/month, #7,296 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • Date of birth: January 6, 1941[7]
  • Country of citizenship: Germany[8], German Democratic Republic[9]
  • Sex or gender: female[10]
  • Commons category: Karin Illgen[11]
  • Sport: athletics[12]
  • Family name: Illgen[13]
  • Given name: Karin[14]
  • Participant in: 1968 Summer Olympics[15], 1969 European Athletics Championships[16], athletics at the 1970 Summer Universiade[17]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: German[18]
  • Country for sport: German Democratic Republic[19], Germany[20]
  • Height: 181 cm[21]
  • Mass: 83 kg[22]
  • Sports discipline competed in: discus throw[23]

Why It Matters

Karin Illgen has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24]

FAQs

Where was Karin Illgen born?

Karin Illgen's place of birth was Greifswald[2].

Where did Karin Illgen die?

Karin Illgen died in Leipzig[4].

What did Karin Illgen do for work?

Karin Illgen worked as an athletics competitor[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . olympedia.org. Retrieved . olympedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . World Athletics database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [1] ↑ . InterSportStats. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . Track and Field Statistics. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . olympedia.org. Retrieved . olympedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . World Athletics database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . InterSportStats. Retrieved . trackfield.brinkster.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . InterSportStats. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . World Athletics database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Tilastopaja. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . InterSportStats. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · Kevin Scannell · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'it', 'pl']
    Participant in → 1968 Summer Olympics, 1969 European Athletics Championships, athletics at the 1970 Summer Universiade
    Track and field statistics female athlete id → 1124
    Date of birth → +1941-04-07T00:00:00Z, +1941-01-06T00:00:00Z
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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  2. 6w ago · WikiTrackBot · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tilastopaja female athlete id → 42265
    Country for sport → German Democratic Republic, Germany
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Tilastopaja female athlete id: 42265, add P3882 (42265) via [[toolforge:trackbot|wa2paja]]"
  3. 15w ago · Jmax · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of death → Leipzig
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Date of death: 9 June 2026"
  4. 15w ago · HelplessChild · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Citizenship → —
    Place of birth → Greifswald
    Given name → Karin
    Instance of → —
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Date of death: 9 June 2026"
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