Jaroslav Skobla

Jaroslav Skobla at the 1928 Olympic Games

Jaroslav Skobla (born April 16, 1899 in Prague , † November 22, 1959 in Teplice nad Bečvou ) was a Czechoslovak weightlifter and Olympic champion .

Career

Skobla started lifting weights in 1921. He was a member of the SV Prague Police Sports Club. As early as 1923 he started at the World Championships in Vienna , which were, however, weak and won the light heavyweight title. He also competed in the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris. From 1925 to 1927 there were no international championships. He was therefore only at the start again at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam. With the gold medal at his third Olympic participation in 1932 in Los Angeles , he achieved the greatest victory of his career. After that he only started at smaller championships.

Jaroslav Skobla took great pleasure in his son Jíři Skobla , who was European champion in 1954 and bronze medalist in the shot put at the Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956.

International success

year	space	competition	Competition type	Weight class	Results
1922	1.	International championship of Czechoslovakia in Raudnitz	DK	Semi-difficult	with 272.5 kg (72.5-85-115)
1923	2.	International Championship of Bohemia and Moravia in Brno	FK	Heavy	with 465 kg, behind Franz Aigner, Austria, 515 kg
1923	1.	World Cup in Vienna	VK	Semi-difficult	with 387.5 kg 80-92.5-90-125), ahead of Sebastian Haberl, Austria , 370 kg, August Böhnel, Austria, 370 kg and Heinrich Lang, Germany, 365 kg
1924	8th.	OS in Paris	FK	Semi-difficult	with 470 kg, winner: Charles Rigoulot , France , 502.5 kg, ahead of Fritz Hünenberger , Switzerland , 490 kg
1925	1.	International Championship of Czechoslovakia in Prague	FK	Heavy	with 500 kg (80-90-100-95-135), ahead of Karl Rieß, 462.5 kg and Gustav Becker, 455 kg, both Austria
1926	2.	City battle between Vienna and Prague	FK	Heavy	with 545 kg (90-100-110-100-145), behind Rudolf Schilberg, 550 kg (75-102.5-110-125-137.5)
1927	1.	International championship of Czechoslovakia in Brno	OD	Heavy	with 345 kg (100-105-1409
1928	bronze	OS in Amsterdam	OD	Heavy	with 357.5 kg (100-107.5-150), behind Josef Straßberger , Germany , 372.5 kg (122.5-107.5-142.5) and Arnold Luhaäär , Estonia , 360 kg (100-110 -150)
1928	1.	International championship of Czechoslovakia in Warnsdorf	OD	Heavy	with 360 kg, in front of Vaclav Psenicka, Czechoslovakia, 342.5 kg and Stropek, Austria, 300 kg
1929	3.	EM in Vienna	OD	Heavy	with 350 kg, behind Josef Straßberger, 372.5 kg and Rudolf Schilberg , Austria, 360 kg
1929	1.	International Championship of Czechoslovakia in Pressburg	OD	Heavy	with 335 kg before Veigl, Austria, 300 kg u. Stropek, Austria, 285 kg
1929	2.	International championship of Moravia and Silesia in Zlin	OD	Heavy	with 345 kg, behind Rudolf Schilberg, 350 kg
1930	4th	EM in Munich	OD	Heavy	with 355 kg, behind Sayed Nosseir , Egypt , 375 kg, Schilberg, 370 kg and Straßberger, 370 kg
1931	5.	EM in Luxembourg	OD	Heavy	with 360 kg, behind Nosseir, 395 kg, Nikolaus Ries, Germany, 367.5 kg, Straßberger, 365 kg and Václav Pšenička , Czechoslovakia , 362.5 kg
1931	1.	International championship of Czechoslovakia in Raudnitz	OD	Heavy	with 365 kg
1932	gold	OS in Los Angeles	OD	Heavy	with 380 kg, before Pšenička, 377.5 kg and Straßberger, 377.5 kg
1934	1.	International Championship of Czechoslovakia in Prague	FK	Heavy	with 500 kg

National successes

Skobla was a frequent champion of Czechoslovakia in light heavy and heavyweight

Explanations

• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• DK = three-way fight, consisting of one-armed snatch, one-armed thrusting and two-armed thrusting
• OD = Olympic three-way fight, consisting of two-armed pushing, tearing and pushing
• VK = four-way fight, consisting of one-armed snatch, one-armed pushing, two-armed pushing and two-armed pushing
• FK = pentathlon, consisting of one-armed snatch, one-armed thrusting, two-armed pushing, two-armed tearing and two-armed thrusting
• Light heavy weight, then up to 82.5 kg, heavy weight over 82.5 kg body weight

Web links

• Jaroslaw Skobla in Top Lifters of the 20th Century with Josef Straßberger
• Jaroslav Skobla in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )