ATHLETE

Emil Zátopek

1922 - 2000

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Emil Zátopek (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɛmɪl ˈzaːtopɛk] ; 19 September 1922 – 21 November 2000) was a Czech long-distance runner best known for winning three gold medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He won gold in the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres runs, but his final medal came when he decided at the last minute to compete in the first marathon of his life. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emil Zátopek has received more than 942,136 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Emil Zátopek is the 4th most popular athlete, the 40th most popular biography from Czechia and the most popular Czech Athlete.

Emil Zátopek is most famous for being the first athlete to win gold medals in the 5,000 and 10,000 meter races in the same Olympics.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Emil Zátopek ranks 4 out of 6,025. Before him are Abebe Bikila, Paavo Nurmi, and Jesse Owens. After him are Bob Beamon, Carl Lewis, Spyridon Louis, Dick Fosbury, Ronnie Coleman, Usain Bolt, Fanny Blankers-Koen, and Javier Sotomayor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Emil Zátopek ranks 18. Before him are Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Erich Hartmann, Gérard Philipe, Ava Gardner, Erving Goffman, and Liliane Bettencourt. After him are Hiroo Onoda, Aage Bohr, Kurt Vonnegut, Jack Kerouac, Imre Lakatos, and Philip Larkin. Among people deceased in 2000, Emil Zátopek ranks 7. Before him are Władysław Szpilman, Hedy Lamarr, Ingrid of Sweden, Hafez al-Assad, Roger Vadim, and Habib Bourguiba. After him are Victor Borge, Alec Guinness, Stanley Matthews, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Vittorio Gassman, and Abulfaz Elchibey.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Emil Zátopek ranks 40 out of 1,200. Before him are Leoš Janáček (1854), Ottokar II of Bohemia (1233), Jan Palach (1948), Miloš Zeman (1944), Klement Gottwald (1896), and Karl Kautsky (1854). After him are Max Brod (1884), Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (907), Bernard Bolzano (1781), Adolf Loos (1870), Madeleine Albright (1937), and Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (1289).

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Among ATHLETES In Czechia

Among athletes born in Czechia, Emil Zátopek ranks 1. After him are Jan Železný (1966), Dana Zátopková (1922), Dominik Hašek (1965), Ludvík Daněk (1937), František Pospíšil (1944), Olga Fikotová (1932), Helena Fibingerová (1949), František Janda-Suk (1878), Jaroslav Holík (1942), Karel Mejta Sr (1928), and František Čapek (1914).

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