The Most Famous
WRESTLERS from Czechia
This page contains a list of the greatest Czech Wrestlers. The pantheon dataset contains 1,027 Wrestlers, 1 of which were born in Czechia. This makes Czechia the birth place of the 57th most number of Wrestlers behind American Samoa, and Guadeloupe.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Czech Wrestlers of all time. This list of famous Czech Wrestlers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Vítězslav Mácha (1948 - 2023)
With an HPI of 44.58, Vítězslav Mácha is the most famous Czech Wrestler. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Vítězslav Mácha (6 April 1948 – 29 May 2023) was a Czech wrestler. Mácha was born in Krmelín on 6 April 1948. He won an Olympic gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1972, competing for Czechoslovakia. He won a gold medal at the 1974 and 1977 World Wrestling Championships. Mácha died on 29 May 2023, at the age of 75.
2. Lukáš Krpálek (b. 1990)
With an HPI of 38.16, Lukáš Krpálek is the 2nd most famous Czech Wrestler. His biography has been translated into 31 different languages.
Lukáš Krpálek (Czech pronunciation: [ˈlukaːʃ ˈkr̩paːlɛk]; born 15 November 1990) is a Czech heavyweight judoka. A former world champion (2014, 2019), European champion (2013, 2014, 2018) and Olympic Champion (2016, 2021). He is the most successful judoka in Czech and Czechoslovak history, and was named Czech Judoka of the Year eight times between 2008 and 2015.
3. Aleksandar Kukolj (b. 1991)
With an HPI of 0.00, Aleksandar Kukolj is the 3rd most famous Czech Wrestler. His biography has been translated into different languages.
Aleksandar Kukolj (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Кукољ; born 9 September 1991) is a Serbian judoka. He won gold medals at the 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam and the 2016 Tokyo Grand Slam. Kukolj started with bronze in the 2016 Havana Grand Prix and silvers at the 2014 Zagreb Grand Prix, 2015 Samsun Grand Prix and 2016 Baku Grand Slam. Kukolj won World Cups in Lisbon in 2012 and won the Panam Open in San Salvador in 2014 and the 2013 Mediterranean Games. He won European medals as Junior and U23. Kukolj competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's 90 kg.
People
Pantheon has 3 people classified as Czech wrestlers born between 1948 and 1991. Of these 3, 2 (66.67%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Czech wrestlers include Lukáš Krpálek, and Aleksandar Kukolj. The most famous deceased Czech wrestlers include Vítězslav Mácha. As of April 2024, 2 new Czech wrestlers have been added to Pantheon including Vítězslav Mácha, and Aleksandar Kukolj.
