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Josy Barthel

1927 - 1992

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Joseph ("Josy") Barthel (24 April 1927 – 7 July 1992) was a Luxembourgish athlete. He was the surprise winner of the Men's 1500 metres at the 1952 Summer Olympics, and the only athlete representing Luxembourg to have won a gold medal at the Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josy Barthel has received more than 80,521 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Josy Barthel is the 59th most popular athlete (up from 86th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Luxembourg (up from 23rd in 2019) and the most popular Luxembourger Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Josy Barthel ranks 59 out of 3,059Before him are Dora Ratjen, Hans Woellke, Irving Baxter, Matti Järvinen, Alvin Kraenzlein, and Ole Einar Bjørndalen. After him are Yelena Isinbayeva, Naim Süleymanoğlu, Jan Jindra, Wilma Rudolph, Jüri Lossmann, and Gustav Flatow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Josy Barthel ranks 113Before him are Robert Shaw, Wadie Haddad, Allan Kaprow, Zbigniew Cybulski, Gordon Cooper, and Andy Williams. After him are Nguyễn Khánh, Pierre Henry, Mikhail Ulyanov, Óscar Míguez, Allen Newell, and Colin Davis. Among people deceased in 1992, Josy Barthel ranks 83Before him are Arpad Elo, Wang Hongwen, Camarón de la Isla, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Giorgio Perlasca, and Gavriil Ilizarov. After him are Ajahn Chah, Stella Adler, Allen Newell, Isidro Lángara, Fritz Leiber, and Jean Dieudonné.

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In Luxembourg

Among people born in Luxembourg, Josy Barthel ranks 19 out of 79Before him are Hugo Gernsback (1884), Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1894), Edward Steichen (1879), Joseph Bech (1887), Charly Gaul (1932), and Nicolas Frantz (1899). After him are Hermann von François (1856), Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Hohenberg (1922), Xavier Bettel (1973), Michel Théato (1878), Baldwin of Luxembourg (1285), and Louis Pilot (1940).

Among ATHLETES In Luxembourg

Among athletes born in Luxembourg, Josy Barthel ranks 1