HOCKEY PLAYER

Karel Rachůnek

1979 - 2011

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Karel Rachůnek (Czech pronunciation: [ˈkarɛl ˈraxuːnɛk], August 27, 1979 – September 7, 2011) was a Czech professional ice hockey player. Rachunek was the captain of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) when the team was decimated in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash. He played eight seasons in North America in the National Hockey League (NHL). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karel Rachůnek has received more than 104,740 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Karel Rachůnek is the 153rd most popular hockey player (down from 126th in 2019), the 919th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 765th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Czech Hockey Player.

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  • 36.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Karel Rachůnek ranks 153 out of 676. Before him are Marián Hossa, Sandis Ozoliņš, Tiny Thompson, Teppo Numminen, Miroslav Šatan, and Alexei Zhamnov. After him are Žigmund Pálffy, Paul Kariya, Josef Vašíček, Tomas Sandström, Vladimir Malakhov, and Bryan Trottier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Karel Rachůnek ranks 489. Before him are Alexei Markov, Michal Martikán, Mýa, Erik Möller, Kye Sun-hui, and Juan Ignacio Chela. After him are Jin Jong-oh, Ken Chu, Bianca Lawson, Laura Benanti, Janny Sikazwe, and Tomo Miličević. Among people deceased in 2011, Karel Rachůnek ranks 505. Before him are Sexy Cora, David Kato, Ahmed Wali Karzai, Sonia Pierre, Poly Styrene, and Mike Doyle. After him are Saif al-Arab Gaddafi, Josef Vašíček, Phoebe Snow, Ruslan Salei, Mani Kaul, and Walt Hazzard.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Karel Rachůnek ranks 919 out of 1,200. Before him are Ladislav Maier (1966), Petr Zelenka (1967), Tomáš Pekhart (1989), Jakub Jankto (1996), Petr Barna (1966), and Markéta Vondroušová (1999). After him are Josef Vašíček (1980), Lucie Hradecká (1985), Luděk Mikloško (1961), Horst Siegl (1969), Marek Suchý (1988), and Roman Turek (1970).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Czechia

Among hockey players born in Czechia, Karel Rachůnek ranks 21. Before him are Jan Klapáč (1941), Jan Palouš (1888), František Ševčík (1942), Petr Svoboda (1966), Jiří Šlégr (1971), and Patrik Eliáš (1976). After him are Josef Vašíček (1980), Roman Turek (1970), Petr Nedvěd (1971), Robert Lang (1970), Martin Straka (1972), and Tomáš Plekanec (1982).

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