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Věra Čáslavská

1942 - 2016

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Věra Čáslavská (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvjɛra ˈtʃaːslafskaː]; 3 May 1942 – 30 August 2016) was a Czechoslovak artistic gymnast and Czech sports official. She won a total of 22 international titles between 1959 and 1968 including seven Olympic gold medals, four world titles and eleven European championships. Čáslavská is the most decorated Czech gymnast in history and is one of only three female gymnasts, along with the Soviet Larisa Latynina and American Simone Biles, to win the all-around gold medal at two Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Věra Čáslavská has received more than 702,208 page views. Her biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Věra Čáslavská is the 4th most popular gymnast (down from 3rd in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from Czechia (down from 70th in 2019) and the most popular Czech Gymnast.

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  • 700k

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  • 69.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Věra Čáslavská ranks 4 out of 370. Before her are Nadia Comăneci, Larisa Latynina, and Olga Korbut. After her are Carl Schuhmann, Ágnes Keleti, Margit Korondi, Hermann Weingärtner, Alfred Flatow, Sawao Kato, Boris Shakhlin, and Nikolai Andrianov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Věra Čáslavská ranks 52. Before her are Michael Crichton, Wen Jiabao, Wolfgang Schäuble, Giancarlo Giannini, Walter Hill, and George Vella. After her are Leo Beenhakker, Manuel Castells, Arto Paasilinna, Françoise Dorléac, Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, and Michael Bloomberg. Among people deceased in 2016, Věra Čáslavská ranks 41. Before her are Gene Wilder, John Glenn, Harper Lee, George Kennedy, Vera Rubin, and Zsa Zsa Gabor. After her are James Cronin, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Ray Tomlinson, Esma Redžepova, René Angélil, and George Martin.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Věra Čáslavská ranks 81 out of 1,200. Before her are Matthias Sindelar (1903), František Kupka (1871), Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679), Josef Hoffmann (1870), Bonne of Luxembourg (1315), and Wenceslaus I of Bohemia (1205). After her are Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644), Ottokar I of Bohemia (1155), Maria Christina of Austria (1858), Antonín Novotný (1904), Victor Lustig (1890), and Julius Fučík (1903).

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Among GYMNASTS In Czechia

Among gymnasts born in Czechia, Věra Čáslavská ranks 1. After her are Anton Heida (1878), Marie Kovářová (1927), Vlasta Děkanová (1909), Ladislav Vácha (1899), Božena Srncová (1925), Nariman Kurbanov (1997), Aneta Holasová (2001), and David Jessen (1996).

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