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Jaroslav Skobla

1899 - 1959

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Jaroslav Skobla (16 April 1899 – 22 November 1959) was a Czech weightlifter, representing Czechoslovakia. After winning a world light-heavyweight title in 1923 he was a favorite at the 1924 Olympics, but finished in a mere eighth place. Skobla then moved to the heavyweight category and won a bronze and a gold medal at the 1928 and 1932 Games, respectively. He worked as an accountant, bouncer, and policeman. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jaroslav Skobla is the 1,426th most popular athlete (up from 1,817th in 2019), the 706th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 788th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Czech Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jaroslav Skobla ranks 1,426 out of 6,025. Before him are John Emery, Bob Clotworthy, Siegrun Siegl, Ferdinand Feyerick, Miguel Ángel López, and Ingrid Kristiansen. After him are Henri Lepage, Boris Stenin, Chris Dickerson, Zoltán Nemere, Kurt Wires, and Édouard Candeveau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Jaroslav Skobla ranks 266. Before him are Louis Guilloux, Panagiotis Pipinelis, Giorgi Leonidze, Robin Hill, Byron Haskin, and Wolfgang Krull. After him are El-Registan, Anders Petersen, Ilse Bing, Øystein Ore, Hendrik Marsman, and Alden Sanborn. Among people deceased in 1959, Jaroslav Skobla ranks 188. Before him are Elisabeth Moore, Sax Rohmer, Boris Lavrenyov, Sidney Robinson, Guillermo Riveros, and Ragnar Malm. After him are Paul Van Asbroeck, George Padmore, Russell Simpson, Osvaldo Sáez, Blind Willie McTell, and Otto Bartning.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jaroslav Skobla ranks 706 out of 1,200. Before him are Zdeněk Grygera (1980), Vojtěch Bradáč (1913), Jan Kaplický (1937), Josef Němec (1933), Václav Machek (1925), and Jiří Weiss (1913). After him are Zecharias Frankel (1801), Josef Holeček (1921), Bohuslav Šťastný (1949), Libor Sionko (1977), Věra Růžičková (1928), and Radek Štěpánek (1978).

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Among ATHLETES In Czechia

Among athletes born in Czechia, Jaroslav Skobla ranks 26. Before him are Josef Doležal (1920), Bohuslav Karlík (1908), Václav Mottl (1914), Miroslav Koranda (1934), Zdeněk Škrland (1914), and Jiří Havlis (1932). After him are Josef Holeček (1921), Jiří Lanský (1933), Stanislav Lusk (1931), Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský (1886), Miloslava Misáková (1922), and Hugo Simon (1942).

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