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František Čapek

1914 - 2008

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František Čapek (24 October 1914 – 31 January 2008) was a Czech sprint canoeist who competed for Czechoslovakia from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s. He won a gold medal in the C-1 10000 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Born in Branice, he also won a silver medal at the 1954 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Mâcon in the C-1 10000 m event. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. František Čapek is the 354th most popular athlete (up from 694th in 2019), the 441st most popular biography from Czechia (up from 613th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Czech Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, František Čapek ranks 354 out of 6,025. Before him are Lis Hartel, Wyomia Tyus, Morris Kirksey, Henry Russell, Charles Dvorak, and Olga Gyarmati. After him are Nawal El Moutawakel, Harry Stenqvist, George Baird, Balbir Singh Sr., Harry Kerr, and Helen Stephens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, František Čapek ranks 207. Before him are Afonsinho, Arvīds Jansons, Viola Desmond, Jorge Bolet, Baba Amte, and Alf Prøysen. After him are Ehmetjan Qasim, Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury, Lakshmi Sahgal, Sergej Kraigher, Wayne Morris, and Lajos Baróti. Among people deceased in 2008, František Čapek ranks 173. Before him are Rina Zaripova, Majel Barrett, Ibrahim Nasir, Mikel Laboa, Heinz Kwiatkowski, and Baba Amte. After him are Dan Shomron, Bill Melendez, Choi Jin-sil, Yuri Rytkheu, Anton Allemann, and Albert Cossery.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, František Čapek ranks 441 out of 1,200. Before him are Joseph von Führich (1800), Leo Fall (1873), Hans Tropsch (1889), Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra (1816), Karl Freund (1890), and Vladislav Vančura (1891). After him are Vlastimil Kopecký (1912), Jan Kalivoda (1801), František Veselý (1943), František Junek (1907), Rudolf Charousek (1873), and Johann Radon (1887).

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Among ATHLETES In Czechia

Among athletes born in Czechia, František Čapek ranks 5. Before him are Emil Zátopek (1922), Dana Zátopková (1922), Jan Železný (1966), and Dominik Hašek (1965). After him are 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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