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Hugo Simon

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Hugo Simon (born 3 August 1942) is an Olympic medal-winning show jumper who took part in six Olympics between 1972 and 1996 (1980 excepted). Before his first Olympic appearance, he competed for West Germany, but in 1972 became an Austrian citizen. He won a silver medal at age 49 at the team event at the 1992 Olympics on the horse Apricot D. Four years later, at age 53, he came fourth in the individual event after a jump-off involving seven riders competing for two medals. He was the first person to win three World Cup titles, at the inaugural 1979 contest (on Gladstone) and also in 1997 and 1998 (both on E.T.). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hugo Simon is the 1,792nd most popular athlete (down from 1,010th in 2019), the 752nd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 684th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Czech Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Hugo Simon ranks 1,792 out of 6,025. Before him are Leni Schmidt, Vyacheslav Vedenin, Zygmunt Chychła, Folke Alnevik, Bill Hobbs, and Paula Ivan. After him are Victor Verschueren, Bruno Junk, Chris Berger, Renaud Lavillenie, Michael Wheeler, and Lucinda Williams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Hugo Simon ranks 600. Before him are Klaus Sammer, Paul-Eerik Rummo, Rubén Marcos, Héctor Pulido, Danny Ongais, and Robert L. Stewart. After him are Mike Summerbee, Norman Greenbaum, Reinhold Durnthaler, Ivan Koloff, František Ševčík, and Bob Hayes.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Hugo Simon ranks 752 out of 1,200. Before him are Jiří Němec (1966), Walter Susskind (1913), Jaromír Blažek (1972), Verner Lička (1954), Božena Srncová (1925), and Vlastimil Petržela (1953). After him are Vladimír Franz (1959), Zdeňka Podkapová (1977), Jaroslav Šilhavý (1961), Josef Šroubek (1891), Pavel Ploc (1964), and Antonín Kinský (1975).

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Among ATHLETES In Czechia

Among athletes born in Czechia, Hugo Simon ranks 32. Before him are Jaroslav Skobla (1899), Josef Holeček (1921), Jiří Lanský (1933), Stanislav Lusk (1931), Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský (1886), and Miloslava Misáková (1922). After him are Jan Mrvík (1939), Václav Havel (1920), Bohumil Modrý (1916), Roman Šebrle (1974), Josef Augusta (1946), and Barbora Špotáková (1981).

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