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Primož Kozmus

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Primož Kozmus (born 30 September 1979 in Novo Mesto) is a Slovenian hammer thrower. His gold medals in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the 2009 World Championships in Berlin made him the first ever Slovenian athlete to win both titles. His personal best throw and the Slovenian record is 82.58 metres, achieved in September 2009 in Celje, Slovenia. On 8 October 2009, Kozmus unexpectedly announced his temporary retirement from athletics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Primož Kozmus is the 2,047th most popular athlete (up from 2,492nd in 2024), the 140th most popular biography from Slovenia (up from 159th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Slovene Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Primož Kozmus ranks 2,047 out of 6,025. Before him are Gwen Torrence, Lajos Rácz, Bjarne Andersson, Wolfgang Hanisch, Volker Fischer, and Charles Dumas. After him are Lorraine Crapp, Frank Henry, Benny Brown, Mary Peters, Marian Dudziak, and Bruno Söderström.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Primož Kozmus ranks 232. Before him are Selçuk Bayraktar, Rachael Leigh Cook, Benji Madden, Fábio Simplício, Kota Minami, and Nazanin Boniadi. After him are Epiphanius I of Ukraine, Mike Vogel, Joaquim Rodríguez, Neill Blomkamp, Nick Stahl, and Yang Dong-geun.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Primož Kozmus ranks 140 out of 340. Before him are Anton Rop (1960), Marko Simeunovič (1967), Svetlana Makarovič (1939), Klemen Lavrič (1981), Milenko Ačimovič (1977), and Gregor Fučka (1971). After him are Peter Prevc (1992), Primož Gliha (1967), Jaka Lakovič (1978), Petra Majdič (1979), Rok Petrovič (1966), and Nejc Pečnik (1986).

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Among ATHLETES In Slovenia

Among athletes born in Slovenia, Primož Kozmus ranks 4. Before him are Valerio Perentin (1909), Giovanni Delise (1907), and Martin Strel (1954). After him are Brigita Bukovec (1970), Teja Gregorin (1980), Bojan Prešern (1962), Iztok Čop (1972), Jolanda Čeplak (1976), Milan Janša (1965), Sadik Mujkič (1968), and Janja Garnbret (1999).

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