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Ladislav Vácha

1899 - 1943

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Ladislav Vácha (21 March 1899 in Brno – 28 June 1943) was a gymnast and Olympic champion competing for Czechoslovakia. He competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, where he received a bronze medal in rope climbing and rings. He received a gold medal in parallel bars, and silver medals in rings and team combined exercises at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. He died during World War II shortly after being interrogated by Gestapo for his resistance activities. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ladislav Vácha is the 90th most popular gymnast (up from 116th in 2019), the 675th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 739th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Czech Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Ladislav Vácha ranks 90 out of 370. Before him are Leonard Peterson, Larisa Petrik, Yuri Titov, Per Bertilsson, Franco Menichelli, and Oswald Holmberg. After him are Bjarne Pettersen, Lorenzo Mangiante, Hjördis Nordin, Masao Takemoto, Georg Selenius, and Arthur Amundsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Ladislav Vácha ranks 259. Before him are Finn Ronne, Maurice Carême, Axel Bakunts, Pat O'Brien, Suryakant Tripathi, and Donald Johnston. After him are Louis Guilloux, Panagiotis Pipinelis, Giorgi Leonidze, Robin Hill, Byron Haskin, and Wolfgang Krull. Among people deceased in 1943, Ladislav Vácha ranks 201. Before him are Edward Bagnall Poulton, Betty Nansen, Rupert Julian, Oskar Messter, George Underwood, and Georges Tainturier. After him are Lorenz Hart, Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen, Hector Goetinck, Franz Cisar, Emil Kellenberger, and Nils Dardel.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Ladislav Vácha ranks 675 out of 1,200. Before him are Oldřich Lajsek (1925), Jaroslav Čermák (1830), Emil Pažický (1927), Miroslav Koranda (1934), František Halas (1901), and Břetislav Pojar (1923). After him are Jaromír Nohavica (1953), Zdeněk Škrland (1914), Karel Kašpar (1870), Ferdinand Bauer (1760), František Křižík (1847), and Tadeusz Kraus (1932).

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Among GYMNASTS In Czechia

Among gymnasts born in Czechia, Ladislav Vácha ranks 4. Before him are Věra Čáslavská (1942), Anton Heida (1878), and Marie Kovářová (1927). After him are Božena Srncová (1925), Vlasta Děkanová (1909), Nariman Kurbanov (1997), Aneta Holasová (2001), and David Jessen (1996).

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