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Bohumil Němeček

1938 - 2010

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Bohumil Němeček (2 January 1938 – 2 May 2010) was a Czechoslovak welterweight boxer. He first trained in ice hockey, and changed to boxing only in 1955, winning Czech national titles in 1959 and 1960, an Olympic gold medal in 1960, and a European title in 1967. He also competed at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics, but in both cases was eliminated in the second round. After retiring as a participant, Němeček worked as a boxing coach and a bus driver. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bohumil Němeček is the 1,017th most popular athlete (up from 1,303rd in 2019), the 646th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 720th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Czech Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Bohumil Němeček ranks 1,017 out of 6,025. Before him are Émile Albrecht, Karl Warner, Roger de Barbarin, Hans Jacob Nielsen, Freddie Wolff, and Helga Seidler. After him are Yordanka Donkova, Yelena Gorchakova, Lily Carlstedt, Richard Murphy, Akilles Järvinen, and Charles Marion.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Bohumil Němeček ranks 431. Before him are Nikola Kotkov, Nina Andreyeva, Bobby Hebb, Jô Soares, Toini Gustafsson, and William Bolcom. After him are Danièle Dupré, Dolores Hart, Shyamala Gopalan, Verna Bloom, Jim Wedderburn, and Theo-Ben Gurirab. Among people deceased in 2010, Bohumil Němeček ranks 297. Before him are Irina Arkhipova, Urbano Navarrete Cortés, Thorvald Strömberg, Bobby Hebb, Susanna Amatuni, and Takeshi Shudo. After him are Eino Tamberg, Tom Walkinshaw, Bob Guccione, Kazimir Hnatow, Hans van Mierlo, and Maury Chaykin.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Bohumil Němeček ranks 646 out of 1,200. Before him are Tomáš Berdych (1985), František Ladislav Rieger (1818), Jan Sokol (1936), Zdeněk Mácal (1936), Zdeněk Nejedlý (1878), and Karel Koželuh (1895). After him are Oskar Fischer (1923), Marie Kovářová (1927), Gisela Januszewska (1867), Vlastimil Tusar (1880), Karel Loprais (1949), and Alena Vrzáňová (1931).

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Among ATHLETES In Czechia

Among athletes born in Czechia, Bohumil Němeček ranks 19. Before him are Jan Brzák-Felix (1912), Jaroslav Holík (1942), Jiří Skobla (1930), Jan Jindra (1932), Helena Fibingerová (1949), and Miloslava Rezková (1950). After him are Josef Doležal (1920), Bohuslav Karlík (1908), Václav Mottl (1914), Miroslav Koranda (1934), Zdeněk Škrland (1914), and Jiří Havlis (1932).

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