1937 - 1998
Ludvík Daněk (Czech pronunciation: [ˈludviːk ˈdaɲɛk]; 6 January 1937 – 16 November 1998) was a Czechoslovak discus thrower, who won the gold medal at the 1972 Olympic Games with a throw of 64.40 m (211'3"). Daněk was born in Blansko, and competed in four Summer Olympics for Czechoslovakia, winning silver in 1964 Olympics, bronze in 1968 Olympics and gold in 1972 Olympics. He set three world records in discus throw, of 64.55 m in 1964, 65.22 m in 1965 and of 66.07 m in 1966. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ludvík Daněk has received more than 27,858 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Ludvík Daněk is the 249th most popular athlete (up from 254th in 2019), the 442nd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 434th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Czech Athlete.
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Among athletes, Ludvík Daněk ranks 249 out of 3,059. Before him are Kenenisa Bekele, Maxie Long, Alexander Ragulin, Gert Fredriksson, Benjamin Kogo, and Lis Hartel. After him are Hicham El Guerrouj, Dimitrios Golemis, Veikko Karvonen, Julius Skutnabb, Pål Tyldum, and Lyudmila Bragina.
1982 - Present
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 243
1878 - 1959
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 244
1941 - 2004
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 245
1919 - 2006
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 246
1944 - 2022
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 247
1921 - 2009
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 248
1937 - 1998
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 249
1974 - Present
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 250
1874 - 1941
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 251
1926 - 2007
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 252
1889 - 1965
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 253
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 254
1943 - Present
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 255
Among people born in 1937, Ludvík Daněk ranks 255. Before him are Harry Wu, Bobby Driscoll, Richard Marquand, Givi Chokheli, Ken Ogata, and Gary Hocking. After him are Ada Rogovtseva, Loretta Swit, Clodovil Hernandes, Richard Petty, Yuri Manin, and Manfred Krug. Among people deceased in 1998, Ludvík Daněk ranks 154. Before him are Roy Rogers, Chatichai Choonhavan, Eva Bartok, Nagarjun, Alois Estermann, and Lev Dyomin. After him are Fritz Buchloh, Maurice Schumann, Julio César Britos, Leo Penn, Enoch Powell, and Nicolas Bouvier.
1937 - 2016
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 249
1937 - 1968
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 250
1937 - 1987
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 251
1937 - 1994
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 252
1937 - 2008
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 253
1937 - 1962
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 254
1937 - 1998
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 255
1937 - Present
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 256
1937 - Present
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 257
1937 - 2009
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 258
1937 - Present
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 259
1937 - 2023
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 260
1937 - 2016
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 261
1911 - 1998
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 148
1920 - 1998
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 149
1927 - 1998
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 150
1911 - 1998
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 151
1954 - 1998
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 152
1926 - 1998
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 153
1937 - 1998
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 154
1909 - 1998
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 155
1911 - 1998
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 156
1926 - 1998
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 157
1921 - 1998
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 158
1912 - 1998
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 159
1929 - 1998
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 160
Among people born in Czechia, Ludvík Daněk ranks 442 out of 973. Before him are Petr Brandl (1668), Josephine Kablick (1787), Ivan Hlinka (1950), Karel Teige (1900), Oldřich Duras (1882), and Dominik Hašek (1965). After him are František Vláčil (1924), Václav Brožík (1851), Aleš Hrdlička (1869), Dagmar Lassander (1943), Maria Jeritza (1887), and Gudrun Pausewang (1928).
1668 - 1735
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 436
1787 - 1863
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 437
1950 - 2004
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 438
1900 - 1951
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 439
1882 - 1957
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 440
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 441
1937 - 1998
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 442
1924 - 1999
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 443
1851 - 1901
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 444
1869 - 1943
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 445
1943 - Present
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 446
1887 - 1982
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 447
1928 - 2020
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 448
Among athletes born in Czechia, Ludvík Daněk ranks 7. Before him are Emil Zátopek (1922), Dana Zátopková (1922), Jan Jindra (1932), Jan Železný (1966), František Pospíšil (1944), and Dominik Hašek (1965). After him are Jaroslav Holík (1942), František Janda-Suk (1878), Helena Fibingerová (1949), Olga Fikotová (1932), Karel Mejta Sr (1928), and Josef Holeček (1921).
1922 - 2000
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 1
1922 - 2020
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 2
1932 - 2021
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 3
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 4
1944 - Present
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 5
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 6
1937 - 1998
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 7
1942 - 2015
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 8
1878 - 1955
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 9
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 10
1932 - Present
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 11
1928 - 2015
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 12
1921 - 2005
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 13