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Hugo Simon

1942 - Today

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Hugo Simon (born 3 August 1942) is an Olympic medal-winning show jumper who took part in six Olympics between 1972 and 1996 (1980 excepted). Before his first Olympic appearance, he competed for West Germany, but in 1972 became an Austrian citizen. He won a silver medal at age 49 at the team event at the 1992 Olympics on the horse Apricot D. Four years later, at age 53, he came fourth in the individual event after a jump-off involving seven riders competing for two medals. He was the first person to win three World Cup titles, at the inaugural 1979 contest (on Gladstone) and also in 1997 and 1998 (both on E.T.). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugo Simon has received more than 32,478 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Hugo Simon is the 1,016th most popular athlete, the 684th most popular biography from Czechia and the 20th most popular Czech Athlete.

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  • 53.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Hugo Simon ranks 1,016 out of 6,025. Before him are Veli Saarinen, Paavo Yrjölä, Marjorie Clark, Edward Gardère, Henry Petersen, and Hadi Choopan. After him are Mikhail Krivonosov, Émile Fisseux, Lajos Gönczy, Andreas Cervin, George Kerr, and Valeri Vasiliev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Hugo Simon ranks 536. Before him are Howard Stringer, Mario Chaldú, Edwin Starr, Casimir Oyé-Mba, Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez, and Jesús Glaría. After him are Jaime Graça, Mike Summerbee, Martin Cruz Smith, Laila Freivalds, Catharina Lodders, and Antonio Martino.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Hugo Simon ranks 684 out of 1,200. Before him are Karel Koželuh (1895), Alena Vrzáňová (1931), Vladimír Zábrodský (1923), Hana Mašková (1949), Jan Sokol (1936), and Bohuslav Sobotka (1971). After him are Jakub Arbes (1840), Vojtěch Bradáč (1913), Jan Jindra (1932), Jiří Weiss (1913), Ferdinand Bauer (1760), and Karel Husa (1921).

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Among ATHLETES In Czechia

Among athletes born in Czechia, Hugo Simon ranks 20. Before him are Jan Brzák-Felix (1912), Miloslava Rezková (1950), Gerhard Auer (1943), Barbora Špotáková (1981), Roman Šebrle (1974), and Josef Holeček (1921). After him are Jan Jindra (1932), Jiří Havlis (1932), Jan Mrvík (1939), František Douda (1908), Bohumil Němeček (1938), and Václav Havel (1920).

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