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Anton Heida

1878 - 2000

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Anton Heida (born December 24, 1878, date of death unknown) was an American gymnast who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics, where he won five gold medals. He won the vault, horizontal bar, pommel horse, team competition and all-around titles, becoming the most successful athlete at the 1904 Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anton Heida is the 26th most popular gymnast (up from 42nd in 2019), the 416th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 563rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Czech Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Anton Heida ranks 26 out of 370. Before him are Helena Rakoczy, Miroslav Cerar, Paavo Aaltonen, Alfred Schwarzmann, Alina Kabaeva, and Ioannis Mitropoulos. After him are Karin Lindberg, Mitsuo Tsukahara, Viktor Chukarin, Petros Persakis, Heikki Savolainen, and Giorgio Zampori.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Anton Heida ranks 133. Before him are Emmy Destinn, Max Dehn, Margaret Abbott, Yemelyan Yaroslavsky, Lina Stern, and Luís of Orléans-Braganza. After him are Selim Palmgren, Karl Buresch, Anna Coleman Ladd, Julie Manet, René Maire, and Konrad Mägi. Among people deceased in 2000, Anton Heida ranks 139. Before him are Abdul Haris Nasution, Alfred Schwarzmann, Ursula Kuczynski, Edward Gorey, Ferenc Farkas, and Ioannis Mitropoulos. After him are Karen Hoff, Johannes Virolainen, René Favaloro, George Volkoff, Gérard Blain, and Elek Schwartz.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Anton Heida ranks 416 out of 1,200. Before him are Ota Šik (1919), Ivan Hlinka (1950), Lubor Niederle (1865), Simon Sechter (1788), Anton Stamitz (1750), and Josef Silný (1902). After him are Theodor Gomperz (1832), Gerhard Mitter (1935), Eva Herzigová (1973), Oldřich Černík (1921), Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915), and Egon Klepsch (1930).

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Among GYMNASTS In Czechia

Among gymnasts born in Czechia, Anton Heida ranks 2. Before him are Věra Čáslavská (1942). After him are Marie Kovářová (1927), Ladislav Vácha (1899), Božena Srncová (1925), Vlasta Děkanová (1909), Nariman Kurbanov (1997), Aneta Holasová (2001), and David Jessen (1996).

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