# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karel-rachunek
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:02:52.448Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karel-rachunek"
name: "Karel Rachůnek"
slug: "karel-rachunek"
description: "Karel Rachůnek was a Czech professional ice hockey player. Rachunek was the captain of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) when the team was decimated in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash. He played eight seasons in North America in the National Hockey League (NHL). Rachůnek was drafted in the ninth round, 229th overall, by the Ottawa Senators in the 1997 NHL entry draft. Rachunek was the brother of Ivan Rachůnek and Tomáš Rachůnek who also played professional ice hockey."
tagline: "Czech ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karel_Rach%C5%AFnek%2C_Czech_ice_hockey_team_2010.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1979-08-27"
deathDate: "2011-09-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.18
  momentum:             5.008445945945946
  historical:           13.927944
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BA"
    title: "Карел Рахунек"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "كاريل راتشونيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Rach%C5%AFnek"
    title: "Karel Rachůnek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Rach%C5%AFnek"
    title: "Karel Rachůnek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Rach%C5%AFnek"
    title: "Karel Rachůnek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Rach%C5%AFnek"
    title: "Karel Rachůnek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Rach%C5%AFnek"
    title: "Karel Rachůnek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Rach%C5%AFnek"
    title: "Karel Rachůnek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Rach%C5%AFnek"
    title: "Karel Rachůnek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Rach%C5%AFnek"
    title: "Karel Rachůnek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B9%B4%EB%A0%90_%EB%9D%BC%ED%9B%84%EB%84%A4%ED%81%AC"
    title: "카렐 라후네크"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karels_Rah%C5%ABneks"
    title: "Karels Rahūneks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BA"
    title: "Карел Рахунек"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Rach%C5%AFnek"
    title: "Karel Rachůnek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BA%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BB"
    title: "Рахунек, Карел"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Rach%C5%AFnek"
    title: "Karel Rachůnek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Rach%C5%AFnek"
    title: "Karel Rachůnek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182144"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump