1904 - 1978
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 20,851 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Jānis Daliņš is the 345th most popular athlete (up from 347th in 2019), the 120th most popular biography from Latvia (down from 112th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Latvian Athlete.
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Among athletes, Jānis Daliņš ranks 345 out of 3,059. Before him are Charles Moore, Edwin Flack, Lars Hall, Tamara Bykova, Georgios Papasideris, and Georgios Orphanidis. After him are Eddie Tolan, Blanka Vlašić, Berit Mørdre, Rosa Mota, Étienne Gailly, and Roald Larsen.
1929 - 2020
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 339
1873 - 1935
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 340
1927 - 1991
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 341
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 342
1875 - 1920
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 343
1859 - 1942
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 344
1904 - 1978
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 345
1908 - 1967
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 346
1983 - Present
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 347
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 348
1958 - Present
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 349
1922 - 1971
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 350
1898 - 1959
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 351
Among people born in 1904, Jānis Daliņš ranks 212. Before him are Bozorg Alavi, Ladislav Ženíšek, Ancel Keys, Giuliano Bonfante, Ciriaco Errasti, and Andrew Marton. After him are Käthe von Nagy, Humberto Elgueta, Henry Russell, Carlos Torre Repetto, Tommy Douglas, and Giulio Gaudini. Among people deceased in 1978, Jānis Daliņš ranks 156. Before him are Mario Varglien, Gene Tunney, Georges Speicher, Philip K. Hitti, Artem Alikhanian, and Abdylas Maldybaev. After him are Léon Damas, Carlos Torre Repetto, Jorge Cafrune, O. E. Hasse, Ethelda Bleibtrey, and Ali Soilih.
1904 - 1997
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 206
1904 - 1985
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 207
1904 - 2004
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 208
1904 - 2005
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 209
1904 - 1984
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 210
1904 - 1992
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 211
1904 - 1978
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 212
1904 - 1973
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 213
1904 - 1976
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 214
1904 - 1986
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 215
1904 - 1978
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 216
1904 - 1986
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 217
1904 - 1948
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 218
1905 - 1978
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 150
1897 - 1978
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 151
1907 - 1978
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 152
1886 - 1978
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 153
1908 - 1978
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 154
1906 - 1978
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 155
1904 - 1978
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 156
1912 - 1978
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 157
1904 - 1978
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 158
1937 - 1978
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 159
1903 - 1978
HPI: 47.69
Rank: 160
1902 - 1978
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 161
1937 - 1978
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 162
Among people born in Latvia, Jānis Daliņš ranks 120 out of 284. Before him are Lya Mara (1897), Elīna Garanča (1976), Heinz Erhardt (1909), Mikhail Nikolayevich Zadornov (1948), Jānis Krūmiņš (1930), and Lūcija Garūta (1902). After him are Jānis Ivanovs (1906), Eliyahu Rips (1948), Grzegorz Fitelberg (1879), Alfrēds Kalniņš (1879), Regīna Ezera (1930), and Imants Kalniņš (1941).
1897 - 1960
HPI: 48.54
Rank: 114
1976 - Present
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 115
1909 - 1979
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 116
1948 - 2017
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 117
1930 - 1994
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 118
1902 - 1977
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 119
1904 - 1978
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 120
1906 - 1983
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 121
1948 - Present
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 122
1879 - 1953
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 123
1879 - 1951
HPI: 47.54
Rank: 124
1930 - 2002
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 125
1941 - Present
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 126
Among athletes born in Latvia, Jānis Daliņš ranks 4. Before him are Jānis Lūsis (1939), Inese Jaunzeme (1932), and Alfred Neuland (1895). After him are Afanasijs Kuzmins (1947), Dainis Kūla (1959), Juris Silovs (1950), Ursula Donath (1931), George Gulack (1905), Jānis Ķipurs (1958), Ilmārs Bricis (1970), and Tomass Dukurs (1981).
1939 - 2020
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 1
1932 - 2011
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 2
1895 - 1966
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 3
1904 - 1978
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 4
1947 - Present
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 5
1959 - Present
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 6
1950 - 2018
HPI: 42.53
Rank: 7
1931 - Present
HPI: 42.14
Rank: 8
1905 - 1987
HPI: 39.81
Rank: 9
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.43
Rank: 10
1970 - Present
HPI: 33.74
Rank: 11
1981 - Present
HPI: 32.76
Rank: 12