1966 - Today
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 765,017 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Jan Železný is the 111th most popular athlete (down from 41st in 2019), the 333rd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 193rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Czech Athlete.
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Among athletes, Jan Železný ranks 111 out of 3,059. Before him are Mamo Wolde, Hubert Van Innis, Frank Jarvis, Ewa Kłobukowska, Rosemarie Ackermann, and Eugenio Monti. After him are Armin Hary, Rudolf Bauer, Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, Robert Shavlakadze, Anatoliy Bondarchuk, and John Flanagan.
1932 - 2002
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 105
1866 - 1961
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 106
1878 - 1933
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 107
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 108
1952 - Present
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 109
1928 - 2003
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 110
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 111
1937 - Present
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 112
1879 - 1932
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 113
1938 - Present
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 114
1933 - 2020
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 115
1940 - Present
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 116
1873 - 1938
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 117
Among people born in 1966, Jan Železný ranks 81. Before him are Bujar Nishani, Marton Csokas, Olivier Martinez, Alex Zanardi, Lisa Edelstein, and Faure Gnassingbé. After him are Michael K. Williams, Didier Queloz, Miguel Ángel Nadal, James Gunn, Mazinho, and Krasimir Balakov.
1966 - 2022
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 75
1966 - Present
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 76
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 77
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 78
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 79
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 80
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 81
1966 - 2021
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 82
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 83
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 84
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 85
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 86
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 87
Among people born in Czechia, Jan Železný ranks 333 out of 973. Before him are Petr Chelčický (1390), Karel Ančerl (1908), Franz Krommer (1759), Count Gustav Kálnoky (1832), Gorazd (1879), and Karel Havlíček Borovský (1821). After him are Julius Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (1641), Soběslav II, Duke of Bohemia (1128), Sigfried Giedion (1888), Jana Brejchová (1940), Vladimír Remek (1948), and Józef Czapski (1896).
1390 - 1460
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 327
1908 - 1973
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 328
1759 - 1831
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 329
1832 - 1898
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 330
1879 - 1942
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 331
1821 - 1856
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 332
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 333
1641 - 1689
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 334
1128 - 1180
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 335
1888 - 1968
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 336
1940 - Present
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 337
1948 - Present
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 338
1896 - 1993
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 339
Among athletes born in Czechia, Jan Železný ranks 4. Before him are Emil Zátopek (1922), Dana Zátopková (1922), and Jan Jindra (1932). After him are František Pospíšil (1944), Dominik Hašek (1965), Ludvík Daněk (1937), Jaroslav Holík (1942), František Janda-Suk (1878), Helena Fibingerová (1949), Olga Fikotová (1932), and Karel Mejta Sr (1928).
1922 - 2000
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 1
1922 - 2020
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 2
1932 - 2021
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 3
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 4
1944 - Present
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 5
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 6
1937 - 1998
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 7
1942 - 2015
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 8
1878 - 1955
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 9
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 10
1932 - Present
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 11
1928 - 2015
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 12