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Karol Divín

1936 - 2022

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Karol "Karcsi" Emil Divín (born Karol Finster; 22 February 1936 – 6 April 2022) was a Slovak figure skater who represented Czechoslovakia. He was the 1960 Olympic silver medalist, a two-time European champion (1958–59), and a two-time World medalist (silver in 1962, bronze in 1964). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karol Divín is the 21st most popular skater (up from 26th in 2019), the 371st most popular biography from Hungary (up from 408th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Hungarian Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Karol Divín ranks 21 out of 483. Before him are Madge Syers, Fred Anton Maier, Tonya Harding, Dick Button, Donald Jackson, and Oleg Protopopov. After him are Ludowika Jakobsson, Roald Aas, Lidiya Skoblikova, Helene Engelmann, Suzanne Morrow Francis, and Heinrich Burger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Karol Divín ranks 251. Before him are Ivo Brešan, Joe Spinell, Antonio Gades, Frederick Ballantyne, Walter Koenig, and Jim Brown. After him are Lien Chan, Satish Kumar, Alex Olmedo, Lars Gustafsson, Éder Jofre, and Richard Harrison. Among people deceased in 2022, Karol Divín ranks 222. Before him are Cristina Calderón, Ronnie Spector, Susana Dosamantes, Julio Jiménez, Borys Romanchenko, and Gregory Itzin. After him are Maximilian, Margrave of Baden, Earnie Shavers, Éder Jofre, James McDivitt, Mino De Rossi, and Ciriaco De Mita.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Karol Divín ranks 371 out of 1,077. Before him are Ottó Bláthy (1860), Jenő Fock (1916), Mickey Hargitay (1926), István Bárány (1907), Ferenc Farkas (1905), and Pál Kovács (1912). After him are Kálmán Darányi (1886), Mihály Babits (1883), László Paskai (1927), Gyula Zsivótzky (1937), Győző Kulcsár (1940), and Béla Kiss (1877).

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Among SKATERS In Hungary

Among skaters born in Hungary, Karol Divín ranks 2. Before him are Andrea Kékesy (1926). After him are Lily Kronberger (1890), Emília Rotter (1906), Ede Király (1926), Marianna Nagy (1929), Emese Hunyady (1966), Júlia Sebestyén (1981), and Shaoang Liu (1998).

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