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Władysław Komar

1940 - 1998

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Władysław Stefan Komar (11 April 1940 – 17 August 1998) was a Polish shot putter, actor and cabaretist. Competing in three Summer Olympics between 1964 and 1972, he won the gold medal at the Munich Games in 1972 with a throw of 21.18 metres. His nickname was "King Kong" Komar as attributed to a Sports Illustrated article. His personal bests in the shot put were 21.19 metres outdoors (Warsaw 1974) and 20.32 metres indoors (Grenoble 1972), both being national records during his career. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Władysław Komar is the 728th most popular athlete (down from 486th in 2019), the 143rd most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 139th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Lithuanian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Władysław Komar ranks 728 out of 6,025. Before him are Eric Backman, Dorian Yates, Lee Barnes, Leonid Spirin, Hal Brown, and Antonio Conte. After him are Joseph Stadler, Afanasijs Kuzmins, Klaus Dibiasi, Michele Brown, Carlo Monti, and Warren Cole.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Władysław Komar ranks 353. Before him are Fakhruddin Ahmed, Sue Grafton, Wolf Kahler, Ole Ernst, Bill Medley, and Michael Ruse. After him are Ignacio Milam Tang, Jerzy Kulej, Jozef Štibrányi, Osamu Watanabe, Warren Cole, and Donald Wuerl. Among people deceased in 1998, Władysław Komar ranks 217. Before him are Pino Dordoni, Lounès Matoub, Consalvo Sanesi, Ferenc Sidó, Norah Borges, and Bobo Brazil. After him are Erich Mende, Héctor Vilches, Wendy O. Williams, Vladimir Dudintsev, Hendrik Timmer, and Charles Sibley.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Władysław Komar ranks 143 out of 328. Before him are Grigory Gershuni (1870), Stanisław Narutowicz (1862), Napoleon Cybulski (1854), Meir Vilner (1918), Jonas Kazlauskas (1954), and Kārlis Zāle (1888). After him are Isaak Kikoin (1908), Osip Senkovsky (1800), Irena Degutienė (1949), Bohdan Paczyński (1940), Ben Shahn (1898), and Źmitrok Biadula (1886).

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Among ATHLETES In Lithuania

Among athletes born in Lithuania, Władysław Komar ranks 3. Before him are Virgilijus Alekna (1972), and Władysław Kozakiewicz (1953). After him are Hans-Georg Reimann (1941), Remigijus Valiulis (1958), Romas Ubartas (1960), Kęstutis Šapka (1949), Robertas Žulpa (1960), Žydrūnas Savickas (1975), Nijolė Sabaitė (1950), Darius Kasparaitis (1972), and Lina Kačiušytė (1963).

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