Emil Zátopek

Japanese: ザトペック - ざとぺっく(英語表記)Emil Zátopek
Emil Zátopek

A Czech long-distance runner. At the 15th Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952, he achieved the feat of winning three events: the 5,000m, 10,000m, and the marathon. Nicknamed the "human locomotive," he was known for running with a look of pain on his face. Between 1949 and 1955, he rewrote all official world records, including those in the 5,000m and 10,000m, as well as the 20,000m and 30,000m, including those in the yard system. His wife, Dana Zatopekkova, was also a javelin thrower and won the Helsinki Games. Zatopek was born on September 12, 1922, and Zatopek and Zatopekova were born on the same day and month of the same year, making them a rare couple of the same age. Due to their active actions during the "Prague Spring" in 1968 under the Dubcek administration, they were reportedly treated poorly during the former Czechoslovakia era.

[Tsuneo Ishii]

"The Human Locomotive E. Zatopek: The True Story" by Zdeněk Tomas, translated by Kunihiro Otake (1982, Baseball Magazine Co.) " "Zatopek: The Human Chronicle of Victory" by F.R. Kozik, translated by Keiji Minami (1956, Asahi Shimbun Co.)"

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

チェコの陸上長距離選手。1952年の第15回オリンピック・ヘルシンキ大会で5000メートル、1万メートル、マラソンの3種目に優勝の偉業を遂げた。「人間機関車」といわれ、苦しそうな表情で走るのが特徴であった。1949年から1955年までの間に5000メートル、1万メートルの両種目をはじめ、2万メートル、3万メートルまでの、ヤード制を含めて公認される世界記録を全部書き換えた。夫人のダナ・ザトペコーワもやり投げの選手で、ヘルシンキ大会で優勝している。ザトペックは1922年9月12日の生まれであるが、ザトペコーワも同年同月同日に生まれたという珍しい「同い年」夫妻である。1968年ドプチェク政権下の「プラハの春」の際の積極的な行動もあって、旧チェコスロバキア時代には不遇が伝えられた。

[石井恒男]

『ズデニェク・トーマス著、大竹国弘訳『人間機関車E・ザトペックの実像』(1982・ベースボール・マガジン社)』『F・R・コジック著、南井慶二訳『ザトペック 勝利への人間記録』(1956・朝日新聞社)』

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