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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 two female gymnasts, along with Soviet Larisa Latynina, to win the all-around gold medal at two consecutive Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Věra Čáslavská has received more than 545,964 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 550k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Věra Čáslavská by language

Over the past year Věra Čáslavská has had the most page views in the with 53,936 views, followed by English (37,430), and Italian (14,950). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Italian (134.80%), Croatian (122.96%), and Ido (122.82%)

Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Věra Čáslavská ranks 4 out of 370Before 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 52Before 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 41Before 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 1,200Before 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).

Among GYMNASTS In Czechia

Among gymnasts born in Czechia, Věra Čáslavská ranks 1After her are Anton Heida (1878), Marie Kovářová (1927), Vlasta Děkanová (1909), Ladislav Vácha (1899), and Božena Srncová (1925).