Dana Zátopková (née Ingrová 19 September 1922 – 13 March 2020) was a Czech javelin thrower. She won the gold medal for 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. She was the European champion in 1954 and 1958. She also set a world record in 1958 (55.73 m) when she was 35, making her the oldest woman to break one in an outdoor athletics event.
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19 September 1922 Fryštát, Czechoslovakia
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Died |
13 March 2020 (aged 97) Prague, Czech Republic
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Zodiac | Virgo |
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