Emil Zátopek

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Emil Zátopek was a legendary Czech long-distance runner renowned for his multiple Olympic gold medals and pioneering, brutally intense training methods.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Olympic athlete
human
long-distance runner
awardReceived Olympic Order
Pierre de Coubertin medal
burialPlace Vyšehrad Cemetery
countryOfCitizenship Czech Republic
Czechoslovakia
dateOfBirth 1922-09-19
dateOfDeath 2000-11-21
describedBySource Olympic Games historical records
event 10000 metres
5000 metres
marathon
familyName Zátopek
givenName Emil
honorificTitle Emil Zátopek
surface form: "Czech Athlete of the Century"
knownFor brutally intense training methods
high-volume interval training
languageOfWorkOrName Czech
memberOfSportsTeam Czechoslovakia national athletics team
militaryRank officer in the Czechoslovak Army
name Emil Zátopek
nickname Czech Locomotive
notableAchievement only athlete to win 5000 m, 10000 m and marathon at the same Olympic Games
notableWork pioneering interval training methods
occupation athlete
military officer
participatedIn Summer Olympics 1948
surface form: "1948 Summer Olympics"

1952 Summer Olympics
1956 Summer Olympics
placeOfBirth Czechoslovakia
Kopřivnice
placeOfDeath Czech Republic
Prague
politicalAffiliation Czechoslovak Communist Party
surface form: "Communist Party of Czechoslovakia"
residence Prague
setRecord multiple world records in long-distance running
sexOrGender male
sport athletics
long-distance running
spouse Dana Zátopková
supported Prague Spring
won gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics – 10000 metres
gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics – 10000 metres
gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics – 5000 metres
gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics – marathon
silver medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics – 5000 metres

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Emil Zátopek honorificTitle Emil Zátopek
this entity surface form: "Czech Athlete of the Century"
Emil Zátopek name Emil Zátopek
Summer Olympics 1948 notableAthlete Emil Zátopek
subject surface form: "1948 Summer Olympics"
1952 Summer Olympics notableAthlete Emil Zátopek
Alain Mimoun rival Emil Zátopek

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