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Jan Brzák-Felix

1912 - 1988

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Jan Brzák-Felix (6 April 1912 – 15 July 1988) was a Czechoslovak slalom and sprint canoeist from Prague who competed from the mid-1930s to the early 1950s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won three medals in the C-2 1000 m event, including two golds (1936, 1948) and a silver (1952). Brzák-Felix also won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds (C-2 1000 m: 1950, C-2 10000 m: 1938, 1950) and one silver (C-2 1000 m: 1938). He also competed at the Geneva 1949 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships and earned two silver medals (C-1 team, C-2 team) and two bronze medals (C-1, C-2). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Brzák-Felix is the 635th most popular athlete (up from 747th in 2019), the 567th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 629th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Czech Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jan Brzák-Felix ranks 635 out of 6,025. Before him are Joseph Alzin, Kenenisa Bekele, Sverre Stenersen, Lars Hall, Gyula Török, and Émile Delchambre. After him are Lidiya Alfeyeva, Milkha Singh, Jean Cau, Maurice Hemelsoet, Sueo Ōe, and Glenn Hardin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Jan Brzák-Felix ranks 254. Before him are Kulyash Baiseitova, Carmen Barth, Peter Walker, Horace W. Babcock, Glenn Morris, and Maurice Guigue. After him are Silviu Bindea, František Šterc, Melita Norwood, Paul Meurisse, Louis Paul Boon, and Léon Damas. Among people deceased in 1988, Jan Brzák-Felix ranks 152. Before him are Fazlur Rahman Malik, Bernard Leene, Hamengkubuwono IX, José Dolhem, Emeric Pressburger, and Iosif Grigulevich. After him are Plácido Galindo, Axel Grönberg, Ferenc Sas, Josep Tarradellas, Roy Urquhart, and Ernest Labrousse.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jan Brzák-Felix ranks 567 out of 1,200. Before him are František Škroup (1801), Jan Šrámek (1870), Friedrich Reinitzer (1857), Karel Škréta (1610), Jiří Čadek (1935), and Max Švabinský (1873). After him are František Šterc (1912), Oldřich Lipský (1924), Ernst Streeruwitz (1874), Jan Blahoslav (1523), Milan Dvořák (1934), and Karel Teige (1900).

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Among ATHLETES In Czechia

Among athletes born in Czechia, Jan Brzák-Felix ranks 13. Before him are Olga Fikotová (1932), František Pospíšil (1944), František Janda-Suk (1878), Gerhard Auer (1943), František Douda (1908), and Karel Mejta Sr (1928). After him are Jaroslav Holík (1942), Jiří Skobla (1930), Jan Jindra (1932), Helena Fibingerová (1949), Miloslava Rezková (1950), and Bohumil Němeček (1938).

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