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Josef Holeček

1921 - 2005

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Josef Holeček (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjozɛv ˈɦolɛtʃɛk]; 25 January 1921 – 20 February 2005) was a Czech sprint canoeist who competed for Czechoslovakia in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won gold medals in the C-1 1000 m event in both 1948 and 1952. Holeček was born in Říčany. In addition to his Olympic record, he won two medals at the 1950 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Copenhagen with a gold in the C-1 1000 m and a silver in the C-1 10000 m events. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josef Holeček is the 1,455th most popular athlete (down from 977th in 2019), the 708th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 677th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Czech Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Josef Holeček ranks 1,455 out of 6,025. Before him are Leon Rotman, Cornelius Warmerdam, Jörg Drehmel, Ilke Wyludda, Carl Johnson, and Géza Csapó. After him are Frank Fisher, Hilda Strike, John Fenning, Dave Power, Salvatore Morale, and Leonid Taranenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Josef Holeček ranks 381. Before him are Hal David, Regina Bianchi, Jesse Helms, Chico Hamilton, Paul Falk, and Daniel Oduber Quirós. After him are Patricia Wrightson, Rufina Gasheva, Walter Kaufmann, Giuseppe Moro, Franz Gabl, and William Alston. Among people deceased in 2005, Josef Holeček ranks 290. Before him are George Szekeres, Dahlia Ravikovitch, Richard Doll, Gaylord Nelson, Lane Smith, and Parveen Babi. After him are Bruno Manser, Nirmal Verma, James Stockdale, Ihor Rybak, John N. Bahcall, and Enric Gensana.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Josef Holeček ranks 708 out of 1,200. Before him are Jan Kaplický (1937), Josef Němec (1933), Václav Machek (1925), Jiří Weiss (1913), Jaroslav Skobla (1899), and Zecharias Frankel (1801). After him are Bohuslav Šťastný (1949), Libor Sionko (1977), Věra Růžičková (1928), Radek Štěpánek (1978), Pavel Černý (1962), and Václav Horák (1912).

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Among ATHLETES In Czechia

Among athletes born in Czechia, Josef Holeček ranks 27. Before him are Bohuslav Karlík (1908), Václav Mottl (1914), Miroslav Koranda (1934), Zdeněk Škrland (1914), Jiří Havlis (1932), and Jaroslav Skobla (1899). After him are Jiří Lanský (1933), Stanislav Lusk (1931), Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský (1886), Miloslava Misáková (1922), Hugo Simon (1942), and Jan Mrvík (1939).

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