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Jan Železný

1966 - Today

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Jan Železný (Czech pronunciation: [jan ˈʒɛlɛzniː] ; born 16 June 1966) is a Czech former track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. He is a World and Olympic champion and holds the world record with a throw of 98.48 metres (323 ft 1 in). Widely considered the greatest javelin thrower of the modern era, he also has the fourth, fifth and sixth best performances of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Železný has received more than 1,029,206 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Jan Železný is the 43rd most popular athlete (up from 111th in 2019), the 195th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 333rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Czech Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jan Železný ranks 43 out of 6,025. Before him are Aladár Gerevich, Tom Courtney, Alberto Juantorena, Leonidas of Rhodes, Albin Lermusiaux, and Louis Zamperini. After him are Viktor Saneyev, Gaston Aumoitte, Archie Hahn, Sohn Kee-chung, Tommie Smith, and Coroebus of Elis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Jan Železný ranks 39. Before him are Gianfranco Zola, Emmanuelle Seigner, Yoshihiro Togashi, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and Dejan Savićević. After him are Cecilia Bartoli, Stefan Edberg, Oleksii Reznikov, John Cusack, Christian Lorenz, and Saleh al-Arouri.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jan Železný ranks 195 out of 1,200. Before him are Antonín Puč (1907), Jindřich Matyáš Thurn (1567), Petr Fiala (1964), Johann Baptist Wanhal (1739), Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1619), and Jerzy Buzek (1940). After him are Boleslaus III, Duke of Bohemia (950), Wenceslaus Hollar (1607), Sigfried Held (1942), Sidonie of Poděbrady (1449), Jan Syrový (1888), and Jiří Trnka (1912).

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Among ATHLETES In Czechia

Among athletes born in Czechia, Jan Železný ranks 2. Before him are Emil Zátopek (1922). After him are Dana Zátopková (1922), Dominik Hašek (1965), Ludvík Daněk (1937), František Pospíšil (1944), Olga Fikotová (1932), Helena Fibingerová (1949), František Janda-Suk (1878), Jaroslav Holík (1942), Karel Mejta Sr (1928), and František Čapek (1914).

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