Emil Zátopek
Czech long-distance runner (1922–2000) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Emil Zátopek (19 September 1922 - 22 November 2000) was a Czechoslovak runner from town Kopřivnice. He is mostly known for winning 3 gold medals at the 1952 Summer Olympic games in Helsinki.[1] He won in 5,000 metres, 10,000 metres runs and in marathon.[1] He never ran a marathon before. But he decided at the last minute to start with others. He set former record with time 2:23:03,2.