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Jaroslav Skobla

1899 - 1959

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Jaroslav Skobla (16 April 1899 – 22 November 1959) was a Czechoslovakian weightlifter. After winning a world light-heavyweight title in 1923 he was a favorite at the 1924 Olympics, but finished in a mere eighth place. Skobla then moved to the heavyweight category and won a bronze and a gold medal at the 1928 and 1932 Games, respectively. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jaroslav Skobla has received more than 13,902 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jaroslav Skobla is the 1,756th most popular athlete, the 788th most popular biography from Czechia and the 35th most popular Czech Athlete.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jaroslav Skobla ranks 1,756 out of 6,025. Before him are Kalevi Hämäläinen, David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, Max Stiepl, Frank Schepke, Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky, and Tatyana Lebedeva. After him are Brit Pettersen, Marilee Stepan, George Cornet, Joyce King, Hans Grodotzki, and Ardalion Ignatyev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Jaroslav Skobla ranks 298. Before him are Vera Gaze, Øystein Ore, Anders Petersen, Irena Krzywicka, Alfred Mosher Butts, and Francis Lederer. After him are Justin McCarthy, Sleepy John Estes, Virgil Jacomini, Alden Sanborn, Glenn Strange, and Carlyle S. Beals. Among people deceased in 1959, Jaroslav Skobla ranks 201. Before him are Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Yoshioka Yayoi, George Amick, Gilda Gray, Vincenzo Cardarelli, and G. D. H. Cole. After him are John August Anderson, Frank Vaughn, Harold Hardwick, Baby Dodds, Kenneth Anderson, and James Gleason.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jaroslav Skobla ranks 788 out of 1,200. Before him are Josef Augusta (1946), Marta Jandová (1974), Pavel Pavel (1957), Alena Šeredová (1978), Oldřich Rott (1951), and Francis Lederer (1899). After him are Iva Bittová (1958), Libor Radimec (1950), Miroslav Koranda (1934), Karolína Plíšková (1992), Pavel Ploc (1964), and Michal Kadlec (1984).

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Among ATHLETES In Czechia

Among athletes born in Czechia, Jaroslav Skobla ranks 35. Before him are Stanislav Lusk (1931), Bohuslav Karlík (1908), Vladimír Růžička (1963), Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský (1886), Bohumil Modrý (1916), and Josef Augusta (1946). After him are Miroslav Koranda (1934), Zdeněk Škrland (1914), Josef Doležal (1920), Jiří Lanský (1933), Josef Horešovský (1946), and Jiří Skobla (1930).

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