Emil zátopek
Emil Zátopek
Emil Zátopek was born in 1922 in Kopřevnice. He was czechslovakia athlete.
His family was poor, and he worked in Baťa.
He was first people, while race track 10 Km under 29 minutes and track 20 Km under 1 hour . He created 13 world record for kilometres and 5 world record for miles. At the 1952 Olympic Games Emil won the 5 km race , 10 km race and marathon. He run marathon first in his life ! He started race in 1941. At 1944 he was born czech rekord in race for 2000, 3000 and 5000 metres. He was chosen to czechslovakia national team at the European championships in 1946, he was fifth on 5 kolometres track.He won first race at 10 Km the olympic games in london 1948. He died in Prague. I chose , because it is a very famous athlete.