František Pecháček | ||||||||||||
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Personal information | ||||||||||||
Country represented | Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||
Born | Záhornice, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary | 15 February 1896|||||||||||
Died | 3 February 1944 47) Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, Nazi Germany | (aged|||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||
Years on national team | TCH | |||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
In 1920 he was a member of the Czechoslovak gymnastic team which finished fourth in the team event.[2]
References
- ↑ "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
- 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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