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 Wolf known as "Born and Wolf". In addition he co-authored, with Leonard Mandel, "Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics". He also authored "Introduction to the Theory of Coherence and Polarization of Light" and "Selected Works of Emil Wolf with Commentary" (World Scientific Publishing, 2001, ). Furthermore, he edited the "Progress in Optics" series of books, for Elsevier, from its inception in 1962. Emil Wolf Emil Wolf (July 30, 1922 – June 2, 2018) was a Czech-born American physicist who made advancements in physical optics, including diffraction, coherence properties of optical fields, spectroscopy of partially coherent radiation, and the theory of direct scattering