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Dainis Kūla

1959 - Today

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Dainis Kūla (born 28 April 1959 in Tukums, Latvian SSR) is a Latvian former javelin thrower who represented the Soviet Union at the international level for most of his career. He is most famous for controversially winning the gold medal in men's javelin throw at the 1980 Summer Olympics, becoming the second Latvian to achieve this (after Jānis Lūsis). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dainis Kūla has received more than 25,659 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Dainis Kūla is the 964th most popular athlete (up from 993rd in 2019), the 163rd most popular biography from Latvia (down from 159th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Latvian Athlete.

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  • 1.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Dainis Kūla ranks 964 out of 6,025. Before him are George Campbell, Ervin Mészáros, Viktor Kapitonov, Britt Strandberg, Erki Nool, and János Parti. After him are Gustav Schäfer, Johanna Klier, Ferdinand Kiefler, Veli Saarinen, Paavo Yrjölä, and Marjorie Clark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Dainis Kūla ranks 311. Before him are Jayne Atkinson, Billy Campbell, Kim Newman, Norm Macdonald, Yasuhito Suzuki, and José Carlos Somoza. After him are Darío Grandinetti, Michael Klein, Nobuo Kishi, Viktor Chanov, Andrey Belousov, and Salvador Sánchez.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Dainis Kūla ranks 163 out of 323. Before him are Fridrikh Ermler (1898), Andris Piebalgs (1957), Emīls Dārziņš (1875), Imants Kalniņš (1941), Bruno Habārovs (1939), and Kārlis Skalbe (1879). After him are Astrid Ivask (1926), Alfrēds Kalniņš (1879), Andris Nelsons (1978), Laila Freivalds (1942), Juris Upatnieks (1936), and Gunnar Birkerts (1925).

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Among ATHLETES In Latvia

Among athletes born in Latvia, Dainis Kūla ranks 6. Before him are Jānis Lūsis (1939), Inese Jaunzeme (1932), Alfred Neuland (1895), Jānis Daliņš (1904), and Afanasijs Kuzmins (1947). After him are Ursula Donath (1931), Juris Silovs (1950), George Gulack (1905), Inta Kļimoviča (1951), Jānis Ķipurs (1958), and Andrejs Rastorgujevs (1988).

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