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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 90,826 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Josy Barthel is the 102nd most popular athlete (down from 59th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Luxembourg (down from 19th in 2019) and the most popular Luxembourger Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Josy Barthel ranks 102 out of 6,025. Before him are Matti Järvinen, Sebastian Coe, Robert Garrett, Harry Porter, Maxie Long, and Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs. After him are Eddie Eagan, Erika, Armin Hary, Heather Armitage, Gustav Flatow, and Elvīra Ozoliņa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Josy Barthel ranks 127. Before him are Gabdulkhay Akhatov, Marvin Harris, Laura Betti, Vladimir Kuts, Geneviève Page, and Al Martino. After him are Ken Russell, Mirtha Legrand, Bernard Vukas, Roy Chiao, Hiroshi Teshigahara, and Ahmad Jannati. Among people deceased in 1992, Josy Barthel ranks 90. Before him are Muhammad Asad, Richard Brooks, Jean Dieudonné, Audre Lorde, Wang Hongwen, and Arpad Elo. After him are Fritz Leiber, Giorgio Perlasca, Jeff Porcaro, Yang Kyoungjong, Suleiman Frangieh, and Dana Andrews.

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In Luxembourg

Among people born in Luxembourg, Josy Barthel ranks 21 out of 95. Before him are Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1894), Charly Gaul (1932), Louis Pilot (1940), Nicolas Frantz (1899), Baldwin of Luxembourg (1285), and Hermann von François (1856). After him are Xavier Bettel (1973), Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Hohenberg (1922), Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz (1722), Michel Théato (1878), Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1981), and Archduchess Marie Astrid of Austria (1954).

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Among ATHLETES In Luxembourg

Among athletes born in Luxembourg, Josy Barthel ranks 1. After him are Michel Scheuer (1927), Formiga (null), Kim Min-woo (null), Bob Bertemes (1993), Jeff Henckels (1984), and Nicolas Wagner (1992).

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