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Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia's first Olympic Champion prior to WW2 was gymnast Bedrich Supcik, a 25-year old, who won the now discontinued Rope climbing event on 20 July 1924 at Paris. A team bronze in the same year and a team silver in 1928 completed his set of medals.

9 Czechoslovak athletes have won their country's 7 Olympic Gold medals between 1924 and 1936.

Name

Year

Gold

SPORT

born

died

Bedrich Supcík

1924

1

GYMNASTICS

22.10.1898

11.7.1957

Ladislav Vácha

1928

1

GYMNASTICS

21.3.1899

28.6.1943

Frantisek Ventura

1928

1

EQUESTRIAN

13.8.1894

1.12.1969

Jaroslav Skobla

1932

1

WEIGHTLIFTING

16.4.1899

22.11.1959

Václav Mottl

1936

1

CANOEING

19.5.1914

16.6.1982

Zdenek Skrland

1936

1

CANOEING

6.2.1914

6.3.1996

Jan Brzák-Felix

1936

2

CANOEING

6.4.1912

15.7.1988

Vladimír Syrovátka

1936

1

CANOEING

19.6.1908

14.9.1973

Alois Hudec

1936

1

GYMNASTICS

12.7.1908

23.1.1997