Bedřich Šupčík

Bedřich Šupčík
Personal information
Born(1898-10-22)22 October 1898
Trumau, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary
Died11 July 1957(1957-07-11) (aged 58)
Písek, Czechoslovakia
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1924 ParisRope climbing
Silver medal – second place1928 AmsterdamTeam
Bronze medal – third place1924 ParisAll round, individual
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1926 LyonTeam[1]
Gold medal – first place1930 LuxembourgTeam
Silver medal – second place1930 LuxembourgRings
Bronze medal – third place1926 LyonRings

Bedřich Šupčík (22 October 1898 – 11 July 1957) was a Czech gymnast and Olympic champion.[2] He competed for Czechoslovakia at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, where he received a gold medal in rope climbing, and a bronze medal and in all-round individual.[3] He received a silver medal in team combined exercises at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Additionally, he competed at the 1926 and 1930 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, helping his Czechoslovak team to gold both time, and, individually, winning bronze on rings in 1926 and silver on rings in 1930.

References

  1. ↑ Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (2005). "125th Anniversary - The story goes on..." (PDF). FIG. p. 64.
  2. ↑ "Bedřich Šupčík". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  3. ↑ Czechoslovakia at the Olympics
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