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Věra Čáslavská (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvjɛra ˈtʃaːslafskaː]; 3 May 1942 – 30 August 2016) was a Czechoslovak artistic gymnast and Czech sports official. She won a total of 22 international titles between 1959 and 1968 including seven Olympic gold medals, four world titles and eleven European championships.
Oct 20, 2018 · Vera Caslavska won seven gold and four silver Olympic medals at three different Olympic Games. By Tom Reynolds. BBC Sport. Mexico City, 1968. A newly-crowned Olympic champion is about to make...
Jul 9, 2024 · Věra Čáslavská (born May 3, 1942, Prague, Czechoslovakia [now in Czech Republic]—died August 30, 2016, Prague, Czech Republic) was a Czech gymnast who won a total of 34 medals, including 22 golds, at the Olympic Games and at world and European championships in the 1950s and ’60s.
Věra Čáslavská, provdaná Věra Odložilová (3. května 1942 Praha – 30. srpna 2016 Praha) byla česká sportovní gymnastka, trenérka a sportovní funkcionářka, reprezentantka Československa, sedminásobná olympijská vítězka, čtyřnásobná mistryně světa, jedenáctinásobná mistryně Evropy a čtyřnásobná Sportovkyně ...
Biography. Attractive, vivacious and talented, Vera Caslavska won four Olympic golds. Her victories were dramatic given that she defeated Soviet gymnasts shortly after Soviet tanks had invaded her homeland.
Aug 30, 2016 · Attractive, vivacious and talented, Věra Čáslavská of Czechoslovakia was the outstanding gymnast at the 1964 and 1968 Games. In Tokyo she won three gold medals and a silver, winning the all-around, on the balance beam, and the horse vault, and finishing second in the team event.
Aug 25, 2017 · Věra Čáslavská is one of only two gymnasts in history (the other being Russian Larisa Latynina) to have won the gold medal for Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Individual All-Around in consecutive Olympic games (1964 and 1968).
Aug 31, 2016 · Czech athlete Vera Caslavska celebrates one of her triumphs at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico. She is still the only gymnast to have won Olympic gold medals in every individual event. Print...
Prior to the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, Věra Čáslavská of Czechoslovakia had already established a reputation as one of the most graceful and accomplished gymnasts the world has ever known. At the 1964 Tokyo Games she swept up three gold medals, including the all-around title, and at the 1965 and 1967 gymnastics European ...
Aug 31, 2016 · Czech gymnast Věra Čáslavská, whose seven gold medals made her the country's most decorated Olympic athlete, has died at the age of 74 after a long battle with cancer. Čáslavská's medals included...
