1885 - 1963
István Somodi (22 August 1885, Kolozsvár, Kingdom of Hungary – 8 June 1963, Cluj, Romania) was a Hungarian athlete who competed mainly in the high jump. He competed for Hungary at the 1908 Summer Olympics, held in London, Great Britain, where he won the silver medal in the high jump. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of István Somodi has received more than 7,494 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). István Somodi is the 405th most popular athlete (up from 484th in 2019), the 313th most popular biography from Romania (up from 325th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Romanian Athlete.
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Among athletes, István Somodi ranks 405 out of 3,059. Before him are P. T. Usha, Carlo Agostoni, Fauja Singh, Lajos Steiner, Jonni Myyrä, and Bobby Morrow. After him are Bud Houser, Colette Besson, Percy Williams, Patrik Sjöberg, Kazım Ayvaz, and Nils Hellsten.
1964 - Present
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 399
1909 - 1972
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 400
1911 - Present
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 401
1903 - 1975
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 402
1892 - 1955
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 403
1935 - 2020
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 404
1885 - 1963
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 405
1901 - 1994
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 406
1946 - 2005
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 407
1908 - 1982
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 408
1965 - Present
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 409
1938 - 2020
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 410
1885 - 1963
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 411
Among people born in 1885, István Somodi ranks 163. Before him are Alfréd Haar, Alexander Tairov, Sophia Parnok, Frederic Lewy, Iuliu Hossu, and Johannes de Jong. After him are Jaafar Al-Askari, Nils Hellsten, Charles Daniels, Pierre Dupong, Richmond K. Turner, and Artur Lemba. Among people deceased in 1963, István Somodi ranks 134. Before him are Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed, Boris Kostić, Learco Guerra, Erik Lundqvist, J. D. Tippit, and Sonny Clark. After him are Nils Hellsten, Georg Braun, Cilly Aussem, Kay Sage, Artur Lemba, and Arthur Jonath.
1885 - 1933
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 157
1885 - 1950
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 158
1885 - 1933
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 159
1885 - 1950
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 160
1885 - 1970
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 161
1885 - 1955
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 162
1885 - 1963
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 163
1885 - 1936
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 164
1885 - 1963
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 165
1885 - 1973
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 166
1885 - 1953
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 167
1885 - 1961
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 168
1885 - 1963
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 169
1872 - 1963
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 128
1887 - 1963
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 129
1902 - 1963
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 130
1908 - 1963
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 131
1924 - 1963
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 132
1931 - 1963
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 133
1885 - 1963
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 134
1885 - 1963
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 135
1907 - 1963
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 136
1909 - 1963
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 137
1898 - 1963
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 138
1885 - 1963
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 139
1909 - 1963
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 140
Among people born in Romania, István Somodi ranks 313 out of 665. Before him are Lascăr Catargiu (1823), Dacian Cioloș (1969), Rudolf Bürger (1908), Alexandru Todea (1912), Lajos Steiner (1903), and Isidor Kaufmann (1853). After him are Júlia Sigmond (1929), Gheorghe Mureșan (1971), Dimitrie Ghica (1816), Ion Barbu (1895), Spiru Haret (1851), and Victor Ponta (1972).
1823 - 1899
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 307
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 308
1908 - 1980
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 309
1912 - 2002
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 310
1903 - 1975
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 311
1853 - 1921
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 312
1885 - 1963
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 313
1929 - 2020
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 314
1971 - Present
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 315
1816 - 1897
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 316
1895 - 1961
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 317
1851 - 1912
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 318
1972 - Present
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 319
Among athletes born in Romania, István Somodi ranks 5. Before him are Iolanda Balaș (1936), Ivan Patzaichin (1949), Ion Drîmbă (1942), and Lajos Steiner (1903). After him are Maricica Puică (1950), Doina Melinte (1956), Mihaela Peneș (1947), Argentina Menis (1948), Ileana Silai (1941), Valeriu Bularca (1931), and Valeria Bufanu (1946).
1936 - 2016
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 1
1949 - 2021
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 2
1942 - 2006
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 3
1903 - 1975
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 4
1885 - 1963
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 5
1950 - Present
HPI: 46.28
Rank: 6
1956 - Present
HPI: 46.15
Rank: 7
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 8
1948 - 2023
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 9
1941 - Present
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 10
1931 - 2017
HPI: 43.47
Rank: 11
1946 - Present
HPI: 42.51
Rank: 12