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Jānis Daliņš

1904 - 1978

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Jānis Daliņš (5 November 1904 – 11 June 1978) was a Latvian race walker. Competing in the 50 km event he won a silver medal at the 1932 Olympics, becoming the first athlete to win an Olympic medal competing for Latvia. He also won the 1934 European title and set seven world records in the 1930s. At the 1936 Olympics he led the race at 30 km, but abandoned the race due to a leg injury. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jānis Daliņš is the 512th most popular athlete (up from 560th in 2019), the 121st most popular biography from Latvia (up from 138th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Latvian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jānis Daliņš ranks 512 out of 6,025. Before him are Kjell Bäckman, Ioannis Theodoropoulos, Arvo Askola, William Gilmore, František Pospíšil, and Steve Anderson. After him are František Janda-Suk, Thelma Hopkins, Rune Larsson, Tatyana Shchelkanova, Eddie Hart, and Yiannis Kouros.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Jānis Daliņš ranks 208. Before him are Edgar G. Ulmer, Yulii Khariton, Pinhas Lavon, Ancel Keys, José Ruiz, and Dick Powell. After him are Kenneth Bainbridge, Ladislav Ženíšek, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Sven Thofelt, Gavriil Popov, and Richard Addinsell. Among people deceased in 1978, Jānis Daliņš ranks 155. Before him are Mary Blair, Roy Harrod, Bob Crane, Leigh Brackett, Eric Frank Russell, and Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi. After him are Leo Ryan, Artem Alikhanian, Kathleen Kenyon, Luo Ruiqing, Claude Dauphin, and Alexander Wetmore.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Jānis Daliņš ranks 121 out of 323. Before him are Elīna Garanča (1976), Johann Gerhard König (1728), Grzegorz Fitelberg (1879), Jāzeps Vītols (1863), Alfrēds Rubiks (1935), and Matvei Gedenshtrom (1780). After him are Hans-Diedrich von Tiesenhausen (1913), Anna Brigadere (1861), Anatoly Solovyev (1948), Māris Kučinskis (1961), Augusts Kirhenšteins (1872), and Andris Piebalgs (1957).

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Among ATHLETES In Latvia

Among athletes born in Latvia, Jānis Daliņš ranks 4. Before him are Jānis Lūsis (1939), Inese Jaunzeme (1932), and Alfred Neuland (1895). After him are Afanasijs Kuzmins (1947), Ursula Donath (1931), Dainis Kūla (1959), Juris Silovs (1950), George Gulack (1905), Aigars Fadejevs (1975), Vera Zozulya (1956), and Jānis Ķipurs (1958).

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