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Jozef Pribilinec

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Jozef Pribilinec (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈjɔzef ˈpribiliɲets]; born 6 July 1960) is a Slovak track and field athlete who mainly competed in racewalking. He was born in Kopernica. Pribilinec competed for the former Czechoslovakia at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea where he won the gold medal in the men's 20 kilometre walk event. He represented Czechoslovakia for most of his career and in addition to his Olympic gold, won two silver medals at the World Championships in Athletics (1983 and 1987) and one gold and one silver at the European Athletics Championships for his country. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Jozef Pribilinec is the 1,928th most popular athlete (down from 1,888th in 2024), the 237th most popular biography from Slovakia (up from 246th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Slovak Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jozef Pribilinec ranks 1,928 out of 6,025. Before him are Cyril Slater, Clarence Oldfield, Marga Petersen, Jacek Wszoła, Yelena Petushkova, and Steve Prefontaine. After him are Robby Naish, Stefan Holm, Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek, August Rodenberg, Aigars Fadejevs, and Henry Jonsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Jozef Pribilinec ranks 426. Before him are Brewster Kahle, Neal Morse, David Simon, Ton Roosendaal, Nigel Marven, and Cal Ripken Jr.. After him are Lyudmila Andonova, Kin Endate, Amy Klobuchar, Paul Harrington, Ralf König, and Randy Pausch.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Jozef Pribilinec ranks 237 out of 418. Before him are Pavol Biroš (1953), Stanislav Griga (1961), Dominika Cibulková (1989), Herman Steiner (1905), Imrich Bugár (1955), and Ľubomír Ftáčnik (1957). After him are Juraj Kucka (1987), Miroslav Stoch (1989), Tibor Serly (1901), Ivan Korčok (1964), Peter Tomka (1956), and Dušan Pašek (1960).

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Among ATHLETES In Slovakia

Among athletes born in Slovakia, Jozef Pribilinec ranks 9. Before him are Imre Németh (1917), Pavel Schmidt (1930), József Csermák (1932), Ferenc Sidó (1923), Béla Szepes (1903), and Imrich Bugár (1955). After him are Dušan Pašek (1960), Michal Martikán (1979), Pavol Hochschorner (1979), Elena Kaliská (1972), Pavol Hurajt (1978), and Peter Hochschorner (1979).

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