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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 847,133 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia. Emil Zátopek is the 4th most popular athlete, the 40th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 30th in 2019) 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 3,059. Before him are Jesse Owens, Abebe Bikila, and Paavo Nurmi. After him are Louis Zamperini, Bob Beamon, Spyridon Louis, Carl Lewis, Viktor Saneyev, Usain Bolt, Luz Long, and Sigfrid Edström.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Emil Zátopek ranks 17. Before him are Erich Hartmann, Franjo Tuđman, Hiroo Onoda, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Erving Goffman, and Jack Kerouac. After him are Christiaan Barnard, Gérard Philipe, Imre Lakatos, Aage Bohr, Kurt Vonnegut, and Iannis Xenakis. Among people deceased in 2000, Emil Zátopek ranks 8. Before him are Hedy Lamarr, Władysław Szpilman, Ingrid of Sweden, Habib Bourguiba, Victor Borge, and Alec Guinness. After him are Roger Vadim, Stanley Matthews, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Lída Baarová, Vittorio Gassman, and Walter Matthau.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Emil Zátopek ranks 40 out of 973. Before him are Karl Kautsky (1854), Ottokar II of Bohemia (1233), Klement Gottwald (1896), Max Brod (1884), Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (907), and Jan Palach (1948). After him are Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (1289), Madeleine Albright (1937), Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (1271), Gerty Cori (1896), Bohumil Hrabal (1914), and Emil Hácha (1872).

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Among ATHLETES In Czechia

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

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