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Olga Fikotová

1932 - 2024

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Olga Fikotová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈolɡa ˈfɪkotovaː], 13 November 1932 – 12 April 2024) was a Czechoslovak, and later American, discus thrower. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Olga Fikotová has received more than 113,176 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Olga Fikotová is the 379th most popular athlete (up from 566th in 2019), the 522nd most popular biography from Czechia (up from 569th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Czech Athlete.

Olga Fikotová was a Czechoslovakian athlete who gained international fame in the 1950s as an Olympic gold medalist in discus throw. She is most well-known for her famous marriage to American discus thrower Harold Connolly, which was considered controversial at the time due to the political tensions between the United States and Czechoslovakia during the Cold War era.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Olga Fikotová ranks 379 out of 6,025. Before her are Édouard Artigas, Pertti Karppinen, Olha Bryzhina, Yiannis Kouros, Erik Abrahamsson, and Roberto Battaglia. After her are Eddie Tolan, Bernd Kannenberg, Hjalmar Andersson, Pat McDonald, Arvo Askola, and Sara Simeoni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Olga Fikotová ranks 279. Before her are Yash Chopra, Jerry Unser Jr., Medea Abrahamyan, Kalyan Singh, Sanpei Shirato, and Princess Margarita of Baden. After her are Michel Leblond, Billie Whitelaw, Tormod Knutsen, Edward Hardwicke, Otto Schily, and Otis Davis. Among people deceased in 2024, Olga Fikotová ranks 229. Before her are Wolfgang Rihm, John Ashton, Paul Josef Cordes, Pete Rose, Rachid Mekhloufi, and Daniela Hodrová. After her are Klaus Wunder, Rolf Wolfshohl, Otis Davis, Léon Semmeling, Percy Adlon, and Peter Sinfield.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Olga Fikotová ranks 522 out of 1,200. Before her are Jan Němec (1936), Vlastimil Bubník (1931), Vaclav Smil (1943), Oskar Fischer (1923), Vladimir Kulich (1956), and Daniela Hodrová (1946). After her are Jiří Hájek (1913), Alfred Roller (1864), Ernst Deutsch (1890), Max Švabinský (1873), Petr Eben (1929), and Géza Fejérváry (1833).

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Among ATHLETES In Czechia

Among athletes born in Czechia, Olga Fikotová ranks 7. Before her are Emil Zátopek (1922), Jan Železný (1966), Dana Zátopková (1922), Dominik Hašek (1965), Ludvík Daněk (1937), and František Pospíšil (1944). After her are Helena Fibingerová (1949), František Janda-Suk (1878), Jaroslav Holík (1942), Karel Mejta Sr (1928), František Čapek (1914), and Zdeněk Pecka (1954).

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