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Most Famous Czech Athletes

Sports 275
Czech Republic 1,003
3,120 IL Ivan Lendl Ivan Lendl Czech Player b. 1960
3,497 PN Pavel Nedvěd Pavel Nedvěd Czech Football b. 1972
3,742 EZ Emil Zátopek Emil Zátopek Czech Athletic 1922–2000
4,399 JJ Jaromír Jágr Jaromír Jágr Czech Hockey b. 1972
4,799 PČ Petr Čech Petr Čech Czech Football b. 1982
6,314 MB Milan Baroš Czech Football b. 1981
9,751 DH Dominik Hašek Dominik Hašek Czech Hockey b. 1965
12,421 PK Petra Kvitová Petra Kvitová Czech Player b. 1990
14,030 TU Tomáš Ujfaluši Tomáš Ujfaluši Czech Football b. 1978
14,455 JŽ Jan Železný Jan Železný Czech Javelin Thrower b. 1966
17,090 MS Martina Sáblíková Martina Sáblíková Czech Sport b. 1987
19,154 JM Josef Masopust Josef Masopust Czech Football 1931–2015
20,184 TG Theodor Gebre Selassie Theodor Gebre Selassie Czech Football b. 1986
22,471 MV Matěj Vydra Matěj Vydra Czech Football b. 1992
23,323 ZG Zdeněk Grygera Zdeněk Grygera Czech Football b. 1980
23,704 JD Jaroslav Drobný (footballer) Jaroslav Drobný (footballer) Czech Football b. 1979
24,677 JK Jarmila Kratochvílová Jarmila Kratochvílová Czech Runner b. 1951
25,914 KP Karel Poborský Karel Poborský Czech Football b. 1972
26,288 TK Tomáš Kalas Tomáš Kalas Czech Football b. 1993
27,745 RŠ Roman Šebrle Roman Šebrle Czech Athletic b. 1974
28,892 MK Michal Kadlec Michal Kadlec Czech Football b. 1984
30,745 DR David Rozehnal David Rozehnal Czech Football b. 1980
30,830 BŠ Barbora Špotáková Czech Javelin Thrower b. 1981
31,683 FR František Rajtoral František Rajtoral Czech Football 1986–2017
32,434 TS Tomáš Sivok Tomáš Sivok Czech Football b. 1983
37,431 TP Tomáš Pekhart Tomáš Pekhart Czech Football b. 1989
38,136 PJ Petr Jiráček Petr Jiráček Czech Football b. 1986
39,139 RK Radoslav Kováč Radoslav Kováč Czech Football b. 1979
42,059 JL Jan Laštůvka Jan Laštůvka Czech Football b. 1982
43,046 VP Václav Pilař Václav Pilař Czech Football b. 1988
43,407 RH Roman Hubník Czech Football b. 1984
44,850 RK Roman Kreuziger Roman Kreuziger Czech Sport b. 1986
45,764 TG Tomáš Galásek Tomáš Galásek Czech Football b. 1973
47,109 ZŠ Zdeněk Štybar Zdeněk Štybar Czech Cyclist b. 1985
51,251 RS Rudi Skácel Rudi Skácel Czech Football b. 1979
55,743 TS Tomáš Skuhravý Tomáš Skuhravý Czech Football b. 1965
56,924 LP Luděk Pachman Luděk Pachman Czech Chess 1924–2003
57,047 TK Tomáš Kaberle Tomáš Kaberle Czech Hockey b. 1978
58,005 HF Helena Fibingerová Helena Fibingerová Czech Athletic b. 1949
60,017 JŠ Jiří Štajner Jiří Štajner Czech Football b. 1976
62,942 KE Karolína Erbanová Czech Skater b. 1992
63,577 JŠ Josef Šural Czech Football 1990–2019
65,899 TS Tomáš Satoranský Tomáš Satoranský Czech Basket b. 1991
66,830 MM Marek Matějovský Marek Matějovský Czech Football b. 1981
73,756 ŠS Šárka Strachová Šárka Strachová Czech Skier b. 1985
77,401 RB Radek Bejbl Radek Bejbl Czech Football b. 1972
77,892 JR Jiří Raška Jiří Raška Czech Ski 1941–2012
78,071 LD Ludvík Daněk Ludvík Daněk Czech Athletic 1937–1998
78,854 JŠ Jaroslav Špaček Jaroslav Špaček Czech Hockey b. 1974
81,182 IB Imrich Bugár Imrich Bugár Czech Athletic b. 1955
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Inside the Czech Republic Athletes

275 notable people in this slice of the dataset.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous the czech republic athletes born in each.

Notable Births by Decade

Notable births among the Czech Republic Athletes peaked in the 1980s with 47 people.

What the Czech Republic Athletes Are Known For

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Football are the Czech Republic Athletes's biggest group — 42% of all notables (116).

The Czech Republic Athletes over-index on handball — 22.9× the global rate.

  1. Football116
  2. Hockey31
  3. Athletic25
  4. Sport20
  5. Player10
  6. Handball9
  7. Rower7
  8. Chess6
  1. Handball922.9×
  2. Gymnast620.6×
  3. Chess616.9×
  4. Racer516.5×
  5. Hockey3113.6×
  6. Rower710.2×
  7. Athletic259.6×
  8. Skier65.6×

City Hot Spots

Cities that over-produce the Czech Republic Athletes compared to the world average — multiplier shows how much more.