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František Janda-Suk

1878 - 1955

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František Janda-Suk (Czech pronunciation: [ˈfrancɪʃɛk ˈjanda ˈsuk], 25 March 1878 – 23 June 1955) was a Czech athlete who competed for Bohemia in the 1900 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics and Czechoslovakia at the 1924 Summer Olympics.He was born in Postřižín near Roudnice nad Labem and died in Prague. In the 1900 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France, where he won the silver medal in the discus throw. He was the first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of František Janda-Suk has received more than 19,079 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). František Janda-Suk is the 446th most popular athlete (up from 489th in 2019), the 548th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 515th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Czech Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, František Janda-Suk ranks 446 out of 3,059Before him are Marlies Göhr, Irina Privalova, Albert Tyler, Nelson Prudêncio, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, and Giuseppe Gentile. After him are Gaston Aumoitte, Sid Atkinson, Ivo Trumbić, Nino Bibbia, John Mikaelsson, and Lewis Sheldon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, František Janda-Suk ranks 164Before him are Dorothea Bate, Pat McDonald, Carl Sternheim, José Berraondo, Spyridon Belokas, and Louise Dresser. After him are William Orpen, Ion Dragoumis, Joel Stebbins, John Rimmer, Mikheil Tsereteli, and Constance Collier. Among people deceased in 1955, František Janda-Suk ranks 115Before him are Honus Wagner, Johannes de Jong, Shemp Howard, Jonni Myyrä, Luís de Freitas Branco, and James Agee. After him are Constantin Argetoianu, Josephine Diebitsch Peary, Arturo Coddou, Tommy Burns, Charley Toorop, and Constance Collier.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, František Janda-Suk ranks 548 out of 973Before him are Emil Holub (1847), Ernst Streeruwitz (1874), Paulina Porizkova (1965), John Neumann (1811), Karolina Světlá (1830), and Jiří Tichý (1933). After him are Lea De Mae (1976), Miroslav Filip (1928), Svatopluk Čech (1846), Jiří Paroubek (1952), František Šafránek (1931), and Helena Fibingerová (1949).

Among ATHLETES In Czechia

Among athletes born in Czechia, František Janda-Suk ranks 9Before him are Jan Jindra (1932), Jan Železný (1966), František Pospíšil (1944), Dominik Hašek (1965), Ludvík Daněk (1937), and Jaroslav Holík (1942). After him are Helena Fibingerová (1949), Olga Fikotová (1932), Karel Mejta Sr (1928), Josef Holeček (1921), František Čapek (1914), and Roman Šebrle (1974).