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The Most Famous

GYMNASTS from Poland

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This page contains a list of the greatest Polish Gymnasts. The pantheon dataset contains 183 Gymnasts, 3 of which were born in Poland. This makes Poland the birth place of the 20th most number of Gymnasts behind Canada and Czechia.

Top 3

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Polish Gymnasts of all time. This list of famous Polish Gymnasts is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Alfred Flatow (1869 - 1942)

With an HPI of 56.96, Alfred Flatow is the most famous Polish Gymnast.  His biography has been translated into 28 different languages on wikipedia.

Alfred Flatow (3 October 1869 – 28 December 1942) was a Jewish German gymnast. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. He was murdered in the Holocaust.

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2. Helena Rakoczy (1921 - 2014)

With an HPI of 48.94, Helena Rakoczy is the 2nd most famous Polish Gymnast.  Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Helena Rakoczy (née Krzynówek; 23 December 1921 – 2 September 2014) was a Polish artistic gymnast. She is a 1956 Olympic bronze medalist with the Polish team, as well as 4-time World champion and a 7-time World Championships medalist. She was born in Kraków, Poland.

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3. Leszek Blanik (1977 - )

With an HPI of 28.63, Leszek Blanik is the 3rd most famous Polish Gymnast.  His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Leszek Robert Blanik (born 1 March 1977 in Wodzisław Śląski) is a Polish gymnast, World and Olympic champion in vault. He was the first to perform a handspring double front vault in piked position which now has been named after him.

Pantheon has 3 people classified as gymnasts born between 1869 and 1977. Of these 3, 1 (33.33%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living gymnasts include Leszek Blanik. The most famous deceased gymnasts include Alfred Flatow and Helena Rakoczy.

Living Gymnasts

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