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Dana Zátopková

1922 - 2020

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Dana Zátopková (Czech pronunciation: [ˈdana ˈzaːtopkovaː]; née Ingrová [ˈɪŋɡrovaː], 19 September 1922 – 13 March 2020) was a Czech javelin thrower who won a gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dana Zátopková is the 41st most popular athlete (up from 83rd in 2019), the 180th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 258th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Czech Athlete.

Dana Zátopková is most famous for being the first woman to win a world championship in the sport of skeleton.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Dana Zátopková ranks 41 out of 6,025. Before her are Viktor Saneyev, Felix Baumgartner, Michael Johnson, Tamara Press, Ray Ewry, and Amanda. After her are Julia, Jonathan Edwards, Greg Bell, Ellery Harding Clark, Javier Sotomayor, and Marita Koch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Dana Zátopková ranks 89. Before her are Richard Hamilton, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Carlo M. Cipolla, Sven Nykvist, Karl-Otto Apel, and Carl Reiner. After her are Annemarie Schimmel, Veronica Lake, Árpád Göncz, Damiano Damiani, Alistair MacLean, and Carlos Andrés Pérez. Among people deceased in 2020, Dana Zátopková ranks 103. Before her are Clive Cussler, Wilford Brimley, Mahmoud Jibril, Carl Reiner, Ida Haendel, and Gérard Houllier. After her are Pat Patterson, George Floyd, Florian Schneider, Quino, Maj Sjöwall, and Margaret Burbidge.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Dana Zátopková ranks 180 out of 1,200. Before her are Ivo Viktor (1942), Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg (1800), Josef Ressel (1793), Milada Horáková (1901), Adolf Schärf (1890), and Petr Čech (1982). After her are Archduke Eugen of Austria (1863), Herbert Lom (1917), Ottokar Czernin (1872), Eduard Bloch (1872), Jan Patočka (1907), and Oldřich, Duke of Bohemia (970).

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Among ATHLETES In Czechia

Among athletes born in Czechia, Dana Zátopková ranks 2. Before her are Emil Zátopek (1922). After her are Jan Železný (1966), Dominik Hašek (1965), František Čapek (1914), Ludvík Daněk (1937), Olga Fikotová (1932), František Pospíšil (1944), František Janda-Suk (1878), Gerhard Auer (1943), František Douda (1908), and Karel Mejta Sr (1928).

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