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Jiří Skobla

1930 - 1978

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Jiří Skobla (6 April 1930 – 18 November 1978) was a Czechoslovak athlete who competed mainly in the shot put. Born in Prague, he was the son of former Olympic heavyweight weightlifting champion Jaroslav Skobla. His first success was a gold medal at the 1954 European Athletics Championships – a feat that no other Czech has been able to replicate since. He was the bronze medallist at the event at the 1958 European Athletics Championships and placed sixth in 1962. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jiří Skobla is the 765th most popular athlete (up from 2,069th in 2019), the 603rd most popular biography from Czechia (up from 818th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Czech Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jiří Skobla ranks 765 out of 6,025. Before him are John Miller, Veniamin Soldatenko, Christoph Höhne, Henri Bouckaert, Giorgio Bocchino, and Tatyana Anisimova. After him are Vladimír Syrovátka, Henry Macintosh, Lindy Remigino, Bevil Rudd, Pertti Karppinen, and Giorgio Pessina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Jiří Skobla ranks 401. Before him are Chris Barber, Morgana King, Jean Tabary, Elmira Minita Gordon, Tony Madigan, and Shel Silverstein. After him are Vera T. Sós, Alphonse Alley, Aureliano Bolognesi, Alifa Rifaat, Anatoli Maslyonkin, and John Polkinghorne. Among people deceased in 1978, Jiří Skobla ranks 179. Before him are Ali Soilih, Lennie Tristano, Theo Lingen, Léon Damas, Gene Tunney, and O. E. Hasse. After him are Ralph Metcalfe, Alexander Belov, Carlos Torre Repetto, Philip Ahn, Ethelda Bleibtrey, and Giuseppe Impastato.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jiří Skobla ranks 603 out of 1,200. Before him are Alfred Roller (1864), Ivan Olbracht (1882), Jaroslav Holík (1942), John Neumann (1811), Eliška Krásnohorská (1847), and Martin Frič (1902). After him are Patrik Ouředník (1957), František Langer (1888), Jan Černý (1874), Tomáš Šmíd (1956), Wenzel Müller (1767), and Ladislav Fuks (1923).

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Among ATHLETES In Czechia

Among athletes born in Czechia, Jiří Skobla ranks 15. Before him are František Janda-Suk (1878), Gerhard Auer (1943), František Douda (1908), Karel Mejta Sr (1928), Jan Brzák-Felix (1912), and Jaroslav Holík (1942). After him are Jan Jindra (1932), Helena Fibingerová (1949), Miloslava Rezková (1950), Bohumil Němeček (1938), Josef Doležal (1920), and Bohuslav Karlík (1908).

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