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Franjo Mihalić

1920 - 2015

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Franjo Mihalić (Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [frǎːɲo mǐxalitɕ]; 9 March 1920 – 14 February 2015) was a Yugoslav and Croatian long-distance runner best known for his 1958 win at the Boston Marathon and his marathon silver medal in the 1956 Summer Olympics. Mihalić competed mostly in marathons, road races and cross country races, distinguishing himself by winning many top-level international competitions in the 1950s and setting a combined 25 Croatian and later Yugoslavian national records in long-distance track events between 5000 m and 25 km. In 1957, he became the inaugural winner of the Golden Badge, the award for the best sportsperson of Yugoslavia awarded by the daily Sport. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franjo Mihalić has received more than 46,097 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Franjo Mihalić is the 328th most popular athlete (up from 395th in 2019), the 201st most popular biography from Croatia (up from 204th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Croatian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Franjo Mihalić ranks 328 out of 3,059. Before him are Ann-Britt Leyman, Betty Robinson, Walter Tewksbury, Miklós Németh, Jean Bouin, and Arthur Blake. After him are Karl Hein, John Akii-Bua, Tatyana Kazankina, Ben Adams, Rafer Johnson, and Forrest Smithson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Franjo Mihalić ranks 261. Before him are Sergio Livingstone, Richard Quine, Rosemary Sutcliff, Robert Leckie, Heleno de Freitas, and I. A. L. Diamond. After him are Henry Eriksson, Bruno Ruffo, Richard N. Frye, Gordon Gould, Georges Balandier, and Ted Fujita. Among people deceased in 2015, Franjo Mihalić ranks 239. Before him are Roger Rees, Miroslav Ondříček, Danièle Delorme, Eduardo Guerrero, Bülent Ulusu, and Wayne Rogers. After him are Pino Daniele, Henri Coppens, Ludvík Vaculík, Malcolm Fraser, Vlastimil Bubník, and Angelo Anquilletti.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Franjo Mihalić ranks 201 out of 589. Before him are Ivan Buljan (1949), Hrvoje Šarinić (1935), María Baxa (1946), Petar Trifunović (1910), Ivano Balić (1979), and Roberto de Visiani (1800). After him are Simo Matavulj (1852), Blanka Vlašić (1983), Velimir Perasović (1965), Hrvoje Horvat (1946), Mladen Mladenović (1964), and Aleksandar Petrović (1959).

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Among ATHLETES In Croatia

Among athletes born in Croatia, Franjo Mihalić ranks 2. Before him are Dragutin Šurbek (1946). After him are Blanka Vlašić (1983), Ottavio Missoni (1921), Duje Bonačić (1929), Ivan Gubijan (1923), Ivo Trumbić (1935), Abdon Pamich (1933), Luciano Sušanj (1948), Mate Trojanović (1930), Petar Šegvić (1930), and Jakov Fak (1987).

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