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- Emil Zátopek was a Czechoslovak long-distance runner best known for winning three gold medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He won gold in the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres runs, but his final medal came when he decided at the last minute to compete in the first marathon of his life. He was nicknamed the "Czech Locomotive".
Zátopek was the first runner to break the 29-minute barrier in the 10,000 metres (in 1954). Three years earlier, in 1951, he had broken the hour for running 20 km. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest runners of the 20th century and was also known for his brutally tough training methods. He was the instigator of interval training and hypo-ventilation training. In February 2013, the editors at Runner's World Magazine selected him as the Greatest Runner of All Time. He is the only person to win the 5,000 metres, 10,000 metres, and marathon in the same Olympics. - Composer
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Zdenek Petr was born on 21 September 1919 in Koprivnice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was a composer, known for Nechte to na mne (1955), Prazská romance (1969) and Prílis krásná dívka (1972). He died on 5 December 1994 in Prague, Czech Republic.- Bozek Tomícek was born on 4 July 1943 in Koprivnice, Protektorát Cechy a Morava now Czech Republic]. He is an actor, known for Cops and Robbers (1997) and Sonáta pro zrzku (1981).