Emil Zátopek was crowded with leading figures from the international sports world. He was awarded the Pierre de Coubertin medal in 1975. In 2012, he was named among the first twelve athletes to be inducted into the IAAF Hall of Fame. A life-size bronze statue of Zátopek was unveiled at the Stadium of Youth in Zlín in September 2014. Emil Zátopek Emil Zátopek (; 19 September 1922 – 22 November 2000) 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
Emil von Reznicek Emil von Reznicek Emil Nikolaus Joseph, Freiherr von Reznicek (4 May 1860, Vienna – 2 August 1945, Berlin) was an Austrian composer of Romanian-Czech ancestry. (The family never used the Czech version of this name). Reznicek's father was the Austrian officer Josef Resnitschek/Reznicek (1812-1887), who entered the army as a cadet and later became Feldmarschall-Liutenant, the second-highest rank in the Austrian army. He got an ordinary diploma of nobility in 1851 and in 1859 the rank as a Baron (Freiherr). His mother, Clarisse Fürstin Ghika Budești (1837-1864), belonged to the influential Ghika-family of Romania. His grandfather, Josef Resnitschek (1787-1848), was