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Ondřej Synek

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Ondřej Synek (Czech pronunciation: [ˈondr̝ɛj ˈsɪnɛk]; born 13 October 1982 in Stará Boleslav) is a Czech former rower. He is a five-time World Champion in Single Sculls, winning in 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2017. He won Olympic silver medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and 2012 Summer Olympics in London. In Beijing he came in as the chief rival of Mahé Drysdale, but despite Drysdale coming down with a painful stomach flu and falling in the final stages of the final to bronze, he was upset for the gold by defending Olympic Champion Olaf Tufte, who Synek had regularly been beating the previous couple years. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Ondřej Synek is the 5,131st most popular athlete (down from 4,227th in 2024), the 1,144th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 1,089th in 2019) and the 77th most popular Czech Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ondřej Synek ranks 5,131 out of 6,025. Before him are Rim Jong-sim, Patrick Hausding, Nikša Dobud, Dirk Van Tichelt, George Bennett, and Daimí Pernía. After him are Silke Spiegelburg, Lorenzo Carboncini, Zhou Yang, Edwin Soi, Nadine Visser, and Nathan Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Ondřej Synek ranks 1,073. Before him are Ahmed Chawki, Jānis Sprukts, Michael Stahl-David, Nick Blood, Yasuomi Kugisaki, and Noriko Shitaya. After him are Maria Olaru, Giancarlo Maldonado, Oleksiy Hai, Columbus Short, Jonas Larholm, and Illiasu Shilla.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Ondřej Synek ranks 1,144 out of 1,200. Before him are Luboš Bartoň (1980), Denisa Chládková (1979), Ľudmila Cervanová (1979), Václav Černý (1997), Jan Šimůnek (1987), and Tomáš Kalas (1993). After him are Jakub Voráček (1989), Jaroslav Kulhavý (1985), Filip Kuba (1976), Radek Dvořák (1977), Zuzana Kučová (1982), and Ondřej Kúdela (1987).

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Among ATHLETES In Czechia

Among athletes born in Czechia, Ondřej Synek ranks 77. Before him are Miroslava Knapková (1980), Lukáš Pollert (1970), Antonín Hájek (1987), Jaroslav Soukup (1982), Tomáš Karas (1975), and Zuzana Hejnová (1986). After him are Aleš Valenta (1973), Jakub Vadlejch (1990), Michal Krčmář (1991), David Moravec (1973), Michal Šlesingr (1983), and Ondřej Štěpánek (1979).

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