Karel Starý

Karel Starý
Karel Starý, from the 1912 Prague Sokol Slet commemorative publication
Personal information
Born10 May 1885[1]
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented
Bohemia Bohemia
Medal record
Representing  Bohemia
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1907 PragueTeam
Gold medal – first place1911 TurinTeam
Gold medal – first place1913 ParisTeam
Silver medal – second place1909 LuxembourgTeam
Silver medal – second place1913 ParisAll-around
Bronze medal – third place1911 TurinAll-around

Karel Starý (10 May 1885 – ?) was a Czech gymnast who competed in four World Championships. A mainstay of the Bohemian team through all of their appearances at every World Championship they attended prior to World War I, he helped his team to reach three out of four World Championship Team Titles (1907, 1911, 1913), and to Silver the other (1909), of the four times. He stamped himself as one of their best and one of the best in the world as during his final two appearances, he is credited by World Gymnastics as the Bronze Medalist in the All-Around at the 1911 World Championships and the Silver Medalist in the All-Around at the 1913 World Championships.[2] Contemporaneous sources noted him, individually, for his high individual placements at those contests in 1911[3] and 1913.[4] Starý was also the victorious champion, from among 232 contestants, of a combined six-event athletics competition at the 1912 Prague Sokol Slet.[5] After Starý's competitive career was over, he was a very reputable trainer of his fellow Czechoslovak Sokol gymnasts.[6]: 252, 329 

References

  1. ↑ "O prvou cenu v Turine [For the first prize in Turin]". Moravská zemská knihovna / Moravian Library (in Czech). Sokolský věstník. 10 June 1911. p. 272. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  2. ↑ The Story Goes On: 125 Ans/Years Federation Internationale Gymnastique 1881-2006 (PDF) (in French and English). International Gymnastics Federation. pp. 62–63.
  3. ↑ "Pn.", Unknown (1 September 1911). "Télocvičná Hlídka: Úřední výsledek mezinár. Závodú tělocvičných v Turiné" [Gymnastics Patrol: Official results of the international gymnastics competitions in Turin.]. Sokolské besedy (in Czech). Vol. 6, no. 9. pp. 291–292. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  4. ↑ Ambrozic, Miroslav (25 December 1913). Murnik, Viktor (ed.). "Slovenci na mednarodni tekmi v Parizu" [Slovenians at an international competition in Paris]. Slovenski Sokol (in Slovenian). Vol. 10, no. 12. p. 92. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  5. ↑ Očenášek, Augustin, ed. (1912). "Památník sletu slovanského Sokolstva roku 1912 v Praze" [Monument to the 1912 gathering of Slavic Sokols in Prague] (in Czech). Vol. 6, no. 1. pp. 318–320. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  6. ↑ Dusek, Peter Paul Jr. (1981). Marie Provaznik: Her Life and Contributions to Physical Education. University of Utah.
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