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Jānis Daliņš

1904 - 1978

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Jānis Daliņš (5 November 1904 – 11 June 1978) was a Latvian race walker. Competing in the 50 km event he won a silver medal at the 1932 Olympics, becoming the first athlete to win an Olympic medal competing for Latvia. He also won the 1934 European title and set seven world records in the 1930s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jānis Daliņš has received more than 23,307 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Jānis Daliņš is the 585th most popular athlete (down from 345th in 2019), the 139th most popular biography from Latvia (down from 120th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Latvian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jānis Daliņš ranks 585 out of 6,025. Before him are Magdalena Forsberg, Georgios Orphanidis, Gunnar Sköld, Carlo Agostoni, Martin Lundström, and Luise Krüger. After him are Stan Rowley, Hjalmar Johansson, Peter-Michael Kolbe, François Brandt, Ibrahim Shams, and Ulrike Meyfarth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Jānis Daliņš ranks 229. Before him are Constance Bennett, Gregg Toland, Ancel Keys, Käthe von Nagy, August Jakobson, and François Marty. After him are Ralph Kronig, Sergio Amidei, Rudolf Burkert, Gino Rossetti, Boris Babochkin, and Keye Luke. Among people deceased in 1978, Jānis Daliņš ranks 175. Before him are Josette Day, Gotthard Handrick, Ali Soilih, Giuseppe Impastato, Victor Hasselblad, and Alexander Belov. After him are Philip K. Hitti, Ahmad al-Ghashmi, Sandy Denny, Edward Lindberg, John Lyng, and Philip Ahn.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Jānis Daliņš ranks 139 out of 323. Before him are Erik Hornung (1933), Helmuts Balderis (1952), Aleksandrs Čaks (1901), Eliyahu Rips (1948), Rutanya Alda (1942), and Evika Siliņa (1975). After him are Jānis Ivanovs (1906), Werner Bergengruen (1892), Oswald Schmiedeberg (1838), Imants Ziedonis (1933), Indra Devi (1899), and Valdis Birkavs (1942).

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Among ATHLETES In Latvia

Among athletes born in Latvia, Jānis Daliņš ranks 5. Before him are Jānis Lūsis (1939), Paulinho (null), Inese Jaunzeme (1932), and Alfred Neuland (1895). After him are Afanasijs Kuzmins (1947), Dainis Kūla (1959), Ursula Donath (1931), Juris Silovs (1950), George Gulack (1905), Inta Kļimoviča (1951), and Jānis Ķipurs (1958).

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