Jan Železný

Jan Železný is a Czech former track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. He is a World and Olympic champion and holds the world record with a throw of 98.48 metres. Widely considered the greatest javelin thrower of the modern era, he also has the fourth, fifth and sixth best performances of all time. He broke the world record a total of four times.

16 June 1966

Born on the same birth date (16 June 1966): Mark Occhilupo • Olivier Roumat • Phil Vischer

Born on the same birth day (16 June): Bianca Andreescu • Carole Ann Ford • Charalambos Andreou • Dainius Zubrus • Georg Wittig • Neil Goldschmidt • Otto Jahn • Salawat Yulayev • Tupac Shakur

Born in the same month (June 1966): Boaz Yakin • Catherine King (politician) • Dany Boon • Greg Schiano • Jeff Conine • John Cusack • Michael Park (co-driver) • Petra van Staveren • Sophie Jamal • Svetlana Jitomirskaya • Tory Burch • Troy Kemp • Vladimir Voevodsky • Yoko Kamio