Emil Zátopek 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 his final medal came when he decided at the last minute to compete in the first marathon of his life. He was nicknamed the "Czech Locomotive". In 1954, Zátopek was the first runner to break the 29-minute barrier in the 10,000 metres. Three years earlier in 1951, he had broken the hour for running 20 km. He
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