František Pecháček (15 February 1896 – 3 February 1944) was a Czech gymnast who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1920 Summer Olympics. He was born in Záhornice near Městec Králové and was murdered in Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp.[1]
| František Pecháček | ||||||||||||
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| Country represented |  Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||
| Born | 15 February 1896 Záhornice, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary | |||||||||||
| Died | 3 February 1944 (aged 47) Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, Nazi Germany | |||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||
| Years on national team | TCH | |||||||||||
Medal record
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In 1920 he was a member of the Czechoslovak gymnastic team which finished fourth in the team event.[2]
References
edit- ^ "František Pecháček". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
External links
edit- short biography and another poster from the exhibition Under Sokol's Wings held in the Army Museum Žižkov from June to December 2012.
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