ATHLETE

Jiří Skobla

1930 - 1978

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Jiří Skobla (6 April 1930 – 18 November 1978) was a Czechoslovak athlete who competed mainly in the shot put. Born in Prague, he was the son of former Olympic heavyweight weightlifting champion Jaroslav Skobla. His first success was a gold medal at the 1954 European Athletics Championships – a feat that no other Czech has been able to replicate since. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jiří Skobla has received more than 16,037 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Jiří Skobla is the 2,036th most popular athlete (down from 1,053rd in 2019), the 818th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 644th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Czech Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jiří Skobla ranks 2,036 out of 6,025. Before him are José Marín, Rod Milburn, William Jones, Ivan Udodov, Greg Bell, and Marian Woronin. After him are James Corson, Naohiro Ikeda, Pat O'Callaghan, McDonald Bailey, Olga Mineyeva, and Maria Ștefan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Jiří Skobla ranks 581. Before him are Sándor Csoóri, Jim Loscutoff, Maureen Forrester, Greg Bell, Don Meineke, and Jim Nabors. After him are Jerry Vale, Miguel Seijas, Yuriy Tyukalov, Ronald Stretton, Mike Gravel, and Luki Botha. Among people deceased in 1978, Jiří Skobla ranks 255. Before him are Pedro Bergés, Paul Scott, Albert Kivikas, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Rudolf Schoeller, and James Daly. After him are Larry Young, Tom Wilson, Kamil Tolon, Valerian Gracias, George Newberry, and Károly Levitzky.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jiří Skobla ranks 818 out of 1,200. Before him are Petr Němec (1957), Josef Horešovský (1946), David Jarolím (1979), Emil Wolf (1922), Ivo Ulich (1974), and Jan Fiala (1956). After him are Jiří Parma (1963), Božena Srncová (1925), Jan Polák (1981), Barbora Strýcová (1986), Tomáš Hübschman (1981), and Tomáš Dvořák (1972).

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Among ATHLETES In Czechia

Among athletes born in Czechia, Jiří Skobla ranks 41. Before him are Jaroslav Skobla (1899), Miroslav Koranda (1934), Zdeněk Škrland (1914), Josef Doležal (1920), Jiří Lanský (1933), and Josef Horešovský (1946). After him are Tomáš Dvořák (1972), Miloslava Misáková (1922), Milena Duchková (1952), Gabriela Koukalová (1989), Robert Reichel (1971), and Jiří Malec (1962).

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