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Leon Štukelj

1898 - 1999

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Leon Štukelj (; 12 November 1898 – 8 November 1999) was a Slovene professional gymnast. He was an Olympic gold medalist and athlete who represented Yugoslavia at the Olympics. He is a noted figure in Slovenian sporting history. Štukelj is one of the first Slovene athletes to have risen to the very top of his sport, where he remained right from the World Championships in Ljubljana in 1922 all the way to the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, at which point he finished his competitive gymnastics career. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leon Štukelj is the 12th most popular gymnast (up from 13th in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Slovenia (up from 45th in 2019) and the most popular Slovene Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Leon Štukelj ranks 12 out of 370. Before him are Carl Schuhmann, Akinori Nakayama, Sawao Kato, Hermann Weingärtner, Alfred Flatow, and Louis Zutter. After him are Nikolai Andrianov, Conrad Böcker, Noël Bas, Boris Shakhlin, Thomas Xenakis, and Nellie Kim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Leon Štukelj ranks 89. Before him are Vladimir Fock, Leo McCarey, Emil Artin, Helmuth von Pannwitz, Salvatore Ferragamo, and Fyodor Kuznetsov. After him are Hans Globke, Lotte Lenya, Kang Sheng, Desanka Maksimović, Oscar Homolka, and Piero Sraffa. Among people deceased in 1999, Leon Štukelj ranks 74. Before him are Barış Manço, Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, Viacheslav Chornovil, Ri Jong-ok, Maurice Couve de Murville, and Momčilo Đujić. After him are Phaedon Gizikis, Walter Lini, Alfredo Kraus, William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, András Hegedüs, and Pierre Clémenti.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Leon Štukelj ranks 40 out of 340. Before him are Jurij Vega (1754), Ulrich II, Count of Celje (1406), Anton Korošec (1872), Anna of Cilli (1380), Ivana Kobilca (1861), and Robert Golob (1967). After him are Srečko Katanec (1963), Luka Dončić (1999), Leon Rupnik (1880), Johann Weikhard von Valvasor (1641), Alma Karlin (1889), and Sigismund von Herberstein (1486).

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Among GYMNASTS In Slovenia

Among gymnasts born in Slovenia, Leon Štukelj ranks 1. After him are Miroslav Cerar (1939), Margit Korondi (1932), Josip Primožič (1900), and Sašo Bertoncelj (1984).

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