Ladislav Vácha

Ladislav Vácha medal table
Gymnast
Czechoslovakia
Olympic Summer Games
gold	1928 Amsterdam	Ingots
silver	1928 Amsterdam	Rings
silver	1928 Amsterdam	Team all-around
bronze	1924 Paris	Rings
bronze	1924 Paris	Dewing

Ladislav Vácha (born March 21, 1899 in Brno , † June 28, 1943 in Zlín ) was a Czech gymnast and Olympic champion .

He participated three times in the Summer Olympics for Czechoslovakia . In 1920 in Antwerp he only took part in the team all-around competition and came fourth there. At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris he took part in all nine gymnastics competitions. He won bronze twice in the rings and in the rope swing. With his third participation in 1928 in Amsterdam he was Olympic champion on parallel bars and won two silver medals in the rings and in the team all-round competition.

At the World Gymnastics Championships in Luxembourg in 1930 , he won the bronze medal on parallel bars.

On March 25, 1943, Vácha was arrested on suspicion of participating in the resistance . The Gestapo cross-examined him in prison and after two months he died as a result of torture.

literature

• M. Makariusová:  Vácha Ladislav. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 15, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957–2013, p. 143 f. (Direct links on p. 143 , p. 144 ).

Web links

• Ladislav Vácha in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )