Michal Schmuck (9 January 1909 – 11 June 1980) was a Czechoslovak/Slovak water polo player who competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics and 1936 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 1934 European Water Polo Championship, representing Czechoslovakia.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Michal Schmuck |
| Nationality | Slovak |
| Born | 9 January 1909 Oroszvár, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 11 June 1980 (aged 71) Bratislava, Czechoslovakia |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Czechoslovakia |
| Sport | Water polo, swimming |
| Club | PTE Bratislava (1924-1931) AC Sparta Praha (1931-1939) |
| Coached by | Ľudovít Stahl |
Biography
editMichal Schmuck was born in Oroszvár, close to the Pressburg/Pozsony, Austria-Hungary (today Bratislava, Slovakia) in the Schmuck family. He was engaged in Competitive swimming and water polo since 1924 in Slovak sports club PTE Bratislava (Polgári Torna Egyesület) in Bratislava. In water polo, he played in the position of center and from 1927 he was the support of the Czechoslovak national team in attack. The national team benefited for many years from the interplay with his club colleague Pavol Steiner.[1]
In 1928 he was part of the Czechoslovak team in the Olympic tournament in Amsterdam.[2] He played the only match. In 1931 his club PTE Bratislava ran into financial problems and in May he transferred from PTE to AC Sparta Praha.[3] In Prague he previously studied at the ČVUT. In December 1932, he completed his studies and became an electrical engineer.[4]
In 1934, he played for the first time at a big tournament, at the European Championship in Magdeburg together with his younger brother Karel Schmuck. In 1936, both represented at the Olympic Games in Berlin. In 1937, he married the Czech swimmer Marie Tautermannová.[5] They had four sons – Michal, Ján, Karol and Martin. They all represented Czechoslovakia in water polo. Grandson Karol already represented independent Slovakia in water polo. He died in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia in 1980.
Honours
editReferences
edit- ^ Športovec Michal Schmuck
- ^ "Malá mokrá lopta získala veľké úspechy". Bratislavske noviny. 26 June 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- ^ [Polední list, 1931-05-31]
- ^ [Rekord, 1932-12-16]
- ^ [Národní listy, 1937-04-07]
- ^ "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 4, 14, 25, 48. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ 1927 European Water Polo Championship
- ^ 1931 European Water Polo Championship
- ^ 1934 European Water Polo Championship
