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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 49,321 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Franjo Mihalić is the 348th most popular athlete (down from 328th in 2019), the 230th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 201st in 2019) and the 5th most popular Croatian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Franjo Mihalić ranks 348 out of 6,025. Before him are Pat McCormick, Ivo Van Damme, Birgit Fischer, Julius Skutnabb, Nicolae Neagoe, and Pål Tyldum. After him are Tore Sjöstrand, Norman Read, Harri Larva, Morgan Taylor, Magnar Solberg, and Bob Kiesel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Franjo Mihalić ranks 258. Before him are Anne-Cath. Vestly, Eddie Slovik, Jack Lord, Vera Ralston, Lydia Wideman, and Gabrielle Wittkop. After him are Stéphanos II Ghattas, Nadir Afonso, Anna Langfus, Anton Malatinský, Karen Khachaturian, and André Simon. Among people deceased in 2015, Franjo Mihalić ranks 236. Before him are Giovanni Canestri, Melissa Mathison, Dimitar Iliev Popov, Ludvík Vaculík, Józef Oleksy, and Gurgen Dalibaltayan. After him are Pino Daniele, Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, Betsy Palmer, Lynn Anderson, Geoffrey Howe, and Robert Chartoff.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Franjo Mihalić ranks 230 out of 700. Before him are Dino Rađa (1967), Ivano Balić (1979), Simo Matavulj (1852), Juraj Dobrila (1812), Dario Šimić (1975), and Mladen Mladenović (1964). After him are Slavko Štimac (1960), Ivo Brešan (1936), Giovanni Luppis (1813), Nina Badrić (1972), Paul Neményi (1895), and Pavao Ritter Vitezović (1652).

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Among ATHLETES In Croatia

Among athletes born in Croatia, Franjo Mihalić ranks 5. Before him are Milan Nenadić (1943), Dragutin Šurbek (1946), Blanka Vlašić (1983), and Duje Bonačić (1929). After him are Ivan Gubijan (1923), Ottavio Missoni (1921), Ivo Trumbić (1935), Mate Trojanović (1930), Abdon Pamich (1933), Luciano Sušanj (1948), and Ronald Lopatni (1944).

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