ATHLETE

Václav Havel

1920 - 1979

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Václav Havel (5 October 1920 – 14 December 1979) was a Czechoslovak slalom and sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1940s to the late 1950s. He was born in Prague (where he also died). Havel won a silver medal in the C-2 10,000 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Václav Havel has received more than 2,593,816 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Václav Havel is the 1,366th most popular athlete, the 733rd most popular biography from Czechia and the 26th most popular Czech Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Václav Havel ranks 1,366 out of 6,025. Before him are Georges Trombert, Fernand Jourdant, Gustaf Weidel, Nina Fyodorova, Árpád Bárány, and Romolo Catasta. After him are Kazimierz Zimny, Betty Taylor, Maurice Huet, John Brinck, Boris Stenin, and Erik Elmsäter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Václav Havel ranks 384. Before him are Osvaldo Sáez, Alfonso Thiele, Sverre Farstad, Arthur Wint, Ingemar Hedberg, and Keith Andes. After him are Doug Serrurier, Alberto Calderón, Kelpo Gröndahl, Hemanta Mukherjee, Aleksandar Atanacković, and G. D. Spradlin. Among people deceased in 1979, Václav Havel ranks 238. Before him are Arthur Hunnicutt, Loren Murchison, Sven Utterström, Ann Dvorak, Judee Sill, and Ahmet Kireççi. After him are Heinz Pollay, Yelena Kuzmina, Elizabeth Ryan, Constant Joacim, Ľudmila Pajdušáková, and Jocelyne LaGarde.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Václav Havel ranks 733 out of 1,200. Before him are Walter Schleger (1929), Otto Hemele (1926), Otakar Vindyš (1889), Josef Černý (1939), Jaroslav Tuček (1882), and Vítězslav Mácha (1948). After him are Tarra White (1987), Josef Němec (1933), Jaroslav Kvapil (1868), Pavel Černý (1962), Vlastimil Petržela (1953), and Ladislav Vácha (1899).

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Among ATHLETES In Czechia

Among athletes born in Czechia, Václav Havel ranks 26. Before him are Hugo Simon (1942), Jan Jindra (1932), Jiří Havlis (1932), Jan Mrvík (1939), František Douda (1908), and Bohumil Němeček (1938). After him are Jan Peka (1894), Václav Mottl (1914), Stanislav Lusk (1931), Bohuslav Karlík (1908), Vladimír Růžička (1963), and Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský (1886).

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