ATHLETE

Jakub Vadlejch

1990 - Today

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Jakub Vadlejch (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjakub ˈvadlɛjx]; born 10 October 1990) is a Czech track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. He is a four-time Olympian for the Czech Republic, having competed in 2012, 2016,2020 and 2024 winning a silver medal in 2020. He also has represented his country six times at the World Championships in Athletics (2011, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022 and 2023), winning the bronze medal in 2022 and 2023 and silver medal in 2017, and six times a competitor at the European Athletics Championships (2010, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022 and 2024), winning the silver medal in 2022 and the gold medal in 2024. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jakub Vadlejch has received more than 231,213 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Jakub Vadlejch is the 3,976th most popular athlete (down from 3,312th in 2019), the 1,088th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 931st in 2019) and the 65th most popular Czech Athlete.

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  • 30.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jakub Vadlejch ranks 3,976 out of 6,025Before him are Aleksandr Menkov, Yelyzaveta Bryzhina, Valent Sinković, Marek Kolbowicz, Mark Breland, and Franziska Preuß. After him are Sandra Farmer-Patrick, Manuela Lutze, Yuri Alvear, Yu Song, Roger Black, and Andrija Prlainović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1990, Jakub Vadlejch ranks 717Before him are Jaume Doménech, Abdelhamid El Kaoutari, Pedro Mendes, Elmar Gasimov, Aleksandr Menkov, and Jurijus Veklenko. After him are Fidel Martínez, Yuika Sugasawa, Rolf Feltscher, André Hahn, Alaaeldin Abouelkassem, and Heo Ga-yoon.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jakub Vadlejch ranks 1,088 out of 1,200Before him are Petr Pála (1975), Václav Kadlec (1992), Markéta Irglová (1988), Tereza Kerndlová (1986), Matěj Vydra (1992), and Ondřej Synek (1982). After him are Ondřej Moravec (1984), Jaroslav Kulhavý (1985), Jan Řehula (1973), Tereza Martincová (1994), David Zima (2000), and Jan Charouz (1987).

Among ATHLETES In Czechia

Among athletes born in Czechia, Jakub Vadlejch ranks 65Before him are Ludmila Formanová (1974), Jaroslav Soukup (1982), Veronika Vítková (1988), Martin Doktor (1974), Lukáš Pollert (1970), and Ondřej Synek (1982). After him are Ondřej Moravec (1984), Jan Řehula (1973), Miroslava Knapková (1980), Aleš Valenta (1973), Kateřina Emmons (1983), and Jiří Lipták (1982).