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Bedřich Šupčík

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Bedřich Šupčík
Personal information
Born(1898-10-22)22 October 1898
Trumau, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary
Died11 July 1957(1957-07-11) (aged 58)
Písek, Czechoslovakia
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented Czechoslovakia
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1924 Paris Rope climbing
Silver medal – second place 1928 Amsterdam Team
Bronze medal – third place 1924 Paris All round, individual
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1926 Lyon Team[1]
Gold medal – first place 1930 Luxembourg Team
Silver medal – second place 1930 Luxembourg Rings
Bronze medal – third place 1926 Lyon Rings

Bedřich Šupčík (22 October 1898 – 11 July 1957) was a Czechoslovak gymnast and Olympic champion.[2] He competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, where he received a gold medal in rope climbing, and a bronze medal and in all-round individual.[3] He received a silver medal in team combined exercises at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Additionally, he competed at the 1926 and 1930 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, helping his CzechoSlovakian team to gold both time, and, individually, winning bronze on rings in 1926 and silver on rings in 1930.

References

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  1. ^ Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (2005). "125th Anniversary - The story goes on..." (PDF). FIG. p. 64.
  2. ^ "Bedřich Šupčík". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  3. ^ Czechoslovakia at the Olympics
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