Vladislav Čáp
| Vladislav Čáp | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 13 April 1926 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 December 2001 (aged 75) Prague, Czech Republic | ||||||||||||||
| Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||
| Country | Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||
| Coach | Arnold Gerschwiler | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Vladislav Čáp (13 April 1926 — 30 December 2001) was a Czech figure skater who competed internationally for Czechoslovakia. He was the 1947 European silver medalist.[1] He competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics and placed 10th.[2]
Čáp graduated from the Czech Technical University in Prague. In 1958, he published a book on figure skating, Výklad pravidel krasobruslení.[3] In 1959, he was arrested for alleged spying and sentenced to five years in prison. He was released after three and a half years.[4] In 1969, he began working for Czechoslovak Television and lecturing on stage lighting at the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.[4]
Results
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| Event | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 |
| Winter Olympics | 10th | ||||||
| World Championships | 4th | 10th | |||||
| European Champ. | 2nd | 8th | 5th | ||||
| National | |||||||
| Czechoslovak Champ. | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | |||
References
- ^ "European Figure Skating Championships" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 November 2008.
- ^ "Ladislav Čáp". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- ^ "Database" (in Czech). National Library of the Czech Republic.
- ^ a b Balcar, Miroslav (2005). "Ing. Vladislav Čáp : Inventář" (PDF) (in Czech). National Technical Museum (Prague). Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 April 2016.
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