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Josy Barthel

1927 - 1992

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Joseph "Josy" Barthel (24 April 1927 – 7 July 1992) was a Luxembourgish athlete and politician. He was the surprise winner of the Men's 1500 metres at the 1952 Summer Olympics, and the only athlete representing Luxembourg to have won a gold medal at the Olympics. Besides athletics, Barthel also led successful careers in both chemistry and politics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josy Barthel is the 254th most popular athlete (down from 90th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Luxembourg (down from 21st in 2019) and the most popular Luxembourger Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Josy Barthel ranks 254 out of 6,025. Before him are Silvio Cator, Nina Ponomaryova, Bill Roberts, August Nilsson, Galina Chistyakova, and Ernesto Ambrosini. After him are Francisco Lázaro, Oscar Dessomville, James Quinn, Francis Lane, Martin Lundström, and Mamo Wolde.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Josy Barthel ranks 198. Before him are Vladimir Kuts, Gary Bertini, Adolfo Suárez Rivera, Jack Cassidy, Bernard Fox, and Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten. After him are Mirtha Legrand, Henning Carlsen, Cecil Bødker, Paul Volcker, Marianne Fredriksson, and Josep Maria Subirachs. Among people deceased in 1992, Josy Barthel ranks 130. Before him are Hammer DeRoburt, Paul Henreid, Michel Berger, Emilio Recoba, Gustav Lombard, and Joe Shuster. After him are André Vandewyer, Robert Morley, Farag Foda, Walter Andreas Schwarz, Ernst Schäfer, and Dana Andrews.

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In Luxembourg

Among people born in Luxembourg, Josy Barthel ranks 33 out of 95. Before him are Louis Pilot (1940), Michel Théato (1878), Luc Frieden (1963), Archduchess Marie Astrid of Austria (1954), Sylvain Arend (1902), and Xavier Bettel (1973). After him are Princess Marie Gabrielle of Luxembourg (1925), Camillo Felgen (1920), Prince Jean of Luxembourg (1957), Gabriela von Habsburg (1956), Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein (1957), and Pierre Dupong (1885).

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Among ATHLETES In Luxembourg

Among athletes born in Luxembourg, Josy Barthel ranks 1. After him are Michel Scheuer (1927), Kim Min-woo (null), Jeff Henckels (1984), Bob Bertemes (1993), and Nicolas Wagner (1992).

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