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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 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

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.

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Contemporaries

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.

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In Czechia

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).

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Among ATHLETES In Czechia

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).

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