Emil Zátopek (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɛmɪl ˈzaːtopɛk] ; 19 September 1922 – 21 November 2000) was a Czech long-distance runner best known for winning three...
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rights activist Emil Wingstedt (born 1975), Swedish orienteering competitor Emil Wojtaszek (1927–2017), Polish politician Emil Zátopek (1922–2000), Czech...
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Zátopek is a 2021 Czech biographical film about Emil Zátopek. It is directed by David Ondříček and stars Václav Neužil. It was selected as the Czech entry...
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31.8 seconds. The event was won by Emil Zátopek of Czechoslovakia, the nation's first Olympic marathon medal. Zátopek completed a long distance triple that...
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title twice: Paavo Nurmi became the first in 1928 and he was followed by Emil Zátopek, Lasse Virén, Haile Gebrselassie, Kenenisa Bekele and Mo Farah. Two women...
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Legend. This award has been called The Emil Zátopek Award since 2001, after the first chosen legend, runner Emil Zátopek. Since 2002, Czech Foundation of the...
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The Škoda 109E locomotive (also marketed as Emil Zátopek locomotive) was originally conceived in 2004 and designed for operation in Austria, Germany, Hungary...
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Emil Zátopek (TCH) August 4, 1950 Turku, Finland 29:01.6 Emil Zátopek (TCH) November 1, 1953 Stara Boleslav, Czech Republic 28:54.2 Emil Zátopek (TCH)...
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and the first for 20 years, following in the footsteps of the Czech Emil Zátopek in 1950, Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak of Poland in 1958, Finland's Juha Vaatainen...
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Olympics, joining fellow Finn Hannes Kolehmainen (1912), Czechoslovakia's Emil Zátopek (1952) and Russian Vladimir Kuts (1956). After them, Miruts Yifter (1980)...
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Finland 13:58.2 Gunder Hägg (SWE) 1942-09-20 Gothenburg, Sweden 13:57.2 Emil Zátopek (TCH) 1954-05-30 Paris, France 13:56.6 Vladimir Kuts (URS) 1954-08-29...
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known for the Athletics Club of Emil Zátopek Kopřivnice. Like the local stadium, the club also bears the name of Emil Zátopek, a local native who is one of...
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Dana Zátopková (redirect from Dana Zatopek)
javelin at the 1952 Summer Olympics (only an hour after her husband, Emil Zátopek, won the 5,000 m), and the silver medal in the 1960 Summer Olympics....
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Owens Abebe Bikila Paavo Nurmi Sergey Bubka Sebastian Coe Carl Lewis Emil Zátopek Al Oerter Adhemar da Silva Edwin Moses Fanny Blankers-Koen Betty Cuthbert...
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athlete to run more than 20 kilometers in one hour was Emil Zátopek, in September 1951. Zátopek also set the 20,000 meters world record in the same race...
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international success came in 1954, when he defeated the favourites – Emil Zátopek and Christopher Chataway – in the 5000 m at the European Championships...
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Owens Abebe Bikila Paavo Nurmi Sergey Bubka Sebastian Coe Carl Lewis Emil Zátopek Al Oerter Adhemar da Silva Edwin Moses Fanny Blankers-Koen Betty Cuthbert...
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1938: Ilmari Salminen (FIN) 1946: Viljo Heino (FIN) 1950: Emil Zátopek (TCH) 1954: Emil Zátopek (TCH) 1958: Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (POL) 1962: Pyotr Bolotnikov...
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details Gaston Reiff Belgium Emil Zátopek Czechoslovakia Willem Slijkhuis Netherlands 1952 Helsinki details Emil Zátopek Czechoslovakia Alain Mimoun...
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1948 London details Emil Zátopek Czechoslovakia Alain Mimoun France Bertil Albertsson Sweden 1952 Helsinki details Emil Zátopek Czechoslovakia Alain...
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upset by Billy Mills, and never won an Olympic gold medal. However, Emil Zátopek gave him one of his own gold medals, which Clarke described as one of...
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a marathon in less than three hours with a time of 2:59:10 in 2003. Emil Zátopek, winner of one silver and four gold medals at the 1948 Olympics and 1952...
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Freud Edmund Husserl Alphonse Mucha Adolf Loos Tomáš Baťa Kurt Gödel Emil Zátopek Milan Kundera Ivan Lendl Notable people from Moravia include (in order...
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writer, author of The Grandmother Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884) – composer Emil Zátopek (1922–2000) – athlete, Olympic winner Karel Gott (1939–2019) – pop singer...
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included defending champion Emil Zátopek of Czechoslovakia and fifth-place finisher Veikko Karvonen of Finland. Zátopek's primary challenger was Alain...
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details Gaston Reiff Belgium Emil Zátopek Czechoslovakia Willem Slijkhuis Netherlands 1952 Helsinki details Emil Zátopek Czechoslovakia Alain Mimoun...
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0 5 Venus Williams United States Tennis 2000–2016 Summer F 4 1 0 5 Emil Zátopek Czechoslovakia Athletics 1948–1952 Summer M 4 1 0 5 Nikolay Zimyatov...
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Rochard (FRA) 1938: Taisto Mäki (FIN) 1946: Sydney Wooderson (GBR) 1950: Emil Zátopek (TCH) 1954: Vladimir Kuts (URS) 1958: Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (POL) 1962:...
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the Wembley Stadium on 31 July, behind the Czechoslovak runner Emil Zátopek. Zátopek was dominant and lapped all competitors bar Mimoun and bronze medallist...
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Gaston Reiff became the Olympic champion ahead of the Czechoslovakian Emil Zátopek. Willem Slijkhuis from the Netherlands won bronze. Prior to the competition...
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