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Josef Doležal

1920 - 1999

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Josef Doležal (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjozɛv ˈdolɛʒal]; 12 December 1920 in Příbram – 28 January 1999 in Prague) was a Czechoslovak athlete who competed mainly in the 50 kilometre walk. He competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the 50 kilometre walk where he won the silver medal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josef Doležal has received more than 14,686 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Josef Doležal is the 1,974th most popular athlete, the 802nd most popular biography from Czechia and the 38th most popular Czech Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Josef Doležal ranks 1,974 out of 6,025Before him are Frank Rühle, Alfred Probst, Ottó Boros, Andreas Thorkildsen, María Caridad Colón, and Edwin Graves. After him are Jiří Lanský, Ekkehard Fasser, Ron Freeman, Rinnat Safin, Allyson Felix, and Eugène Grisot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Josef Doležal ranks 421Before him are Dorothy Abbott, Duncan Hamilton, Wolfdietrich Schnurre, Eric Brandon, Tony Gaze, and Satish Dhawan. After him are Wayne Thiebaud, Simon Pimenta, John O'Connor, Luisa Cuesta, Marguerite Higgins, and Elliot Richardson. Among people deceased in 1999, Josef Doležal ranks 293Before him are Alphonse Matejka, Roger Rio, Vanessa Brown, Teodor Kocerka, Jackson C. Frank, and John Cannon. After him are Hillary Brooke, Naomi Mitchison, Diane Foster, Brian Moore, Elliot Richardson, and Clayton Moore.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Josef Doležal ranks 802 out of 1,200Before him are David Rozehnal (1980), Jaroslav Netolička (1954), Jaromír Blažek (1972), Renáta Tomanová (1954), Zdeněk Škrland (1914), and Zdeňka Podkapová (1977). After him are Jiří Lanský (1933), Karel Nováček (1965), Věra Růžičková (1928), Libor Sionko (1977), Jiří Hledík (1929), and Josef Šroubek (1891).

Among ATHLETES In Czechia

Among athletes born in Czechia, Josef Doležal ranks 38Before him are Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský (1886), Bohumil Modrý (1916), Josef Augusta (1946), Jaroslav Skobla (1899), Miroslav Koranda (1934), and Zdeněk Škrland (1914). After him are Jiří Lanský (1933), Josef Horešovský (1946), Jiří Skobla (1930), Tomáš Dvořák (1972), Miloslava Misáková (1922), and Milena Duchková (1952).