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Władysław Kozakiewicz

1953 - Today

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Władysław Kozakiewicz (Polish pronunciation: [vwaˈdɨswaf kɔzaˈkʲɛvit͡ʂ]; born 8 December 1953) is a Lithuanian-born retired Polish athlete who specialised in the pole vault. He is best known for winning the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and the bras d'honneur gesture which he showed to the hostile Soviet crowd. In Poland, where the gesture was viewed as a symbol of resistance against Soviet dominance, it became known as "Kozakiewicz's gesture" (gest Kozakiewicza). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Władysław Kozakiewicz has received more than 235,503 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Władysław Kozakiewicz is the 299th most popular athlete (down from 279th in 2019), the 103rd most popular biography from Lithuania (up from 106th in 2019) and the most popular Lithuanian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Władysław Kozakiewicz ranks 299 out of 6,025. Before him are Sergey Litvinov, Blanka Vlašić, Zoltán Horváth, Alexander Ragulin, Hicham El Guerrouj, and Alice Coachman. After him are Henry Eriksson, Mildred McDaniel, Mihaela Peneș, Lauri Virtanen, Rafer Johnson, and Helen Stephens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Władysław Kozakiewicz ranks 212. Before him are Barry Sonnenfeld, Yoko Shimada, Yolande Moreau, Dieter Zetsche, Johnny Clegg, and Thomas Friedman. After him are David Deutsch, Tōru Furuya, Boris Grebenshchikov, Graeme Souness, Eric Bogosian, and Wim Eijk.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Władysław Kozakiewicz ranks 103 out of 328. Before him are Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius (1871), Jacques Sernas (1925), Maximilian Steinberg (1883), Alma Adamkienė (1927), Vlado Perlemuter (1904), and Rimas Kurtinaitis (1960). After him are Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė (1963), Virgilijus Alekna (1972), Meir Vilner (1918), Yehuda Pen (1854), Modestas Paulauskas (1945), and Laurynas Gucevičius (1753).

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Among ATHLETES In Lithuania

Among athletes born in Lithuania, Władysław Kozakiewicz ranks 1. After him are Virgilijus Alekna (1972), Władysław Komar (1940), Remigijus Valiulis (1958), Hans-Georg Reimann (1941), Romas Ubartas (1960), Kęstutis Šapka (1949), Nijolė Sabaitė (1950), Galina Murašova (1955), Darius Kasparaitis (1972), Lina Kačiušytė (1963), and Robertas Žulpa (1960).

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