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Věra Čáslavská (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvjɛra ˈtʃaːslafskaː]; 3 May 1942 – 30 August 2016) was a Czechoslovak artistic gymnast and Czech sports official. She won a total of 22 international titles between 1959 and 1968 including seven Olympic gold medals, four world titles and eleven European championships.
Apr 30, 2024 · Věra Čáslavská was a Czech gymnast who won a total of 34 medals, including 22 gold medals, at the Olympic Games and at world and European championships in the 1950s and ’60s. Her career was curtailed after she expressed support for greater freedom in her homeland.
Věra Čáslavská, provdaná Věra Odložilová (3. května 1942 Praha – 30. srpna 2016 Praha) byla československá sportovní gymnastka, trenérka a sportovní funkcionářka, sedminásobná olympijská vítězka, čtyřnásobná mistryně světa, jedenáctinásobná mistryně Evropy a čtyřnásobná Sportovkyně roku Československa.
Oct 20, 2018 · Vera Caslavska, centre, won three gold medals at the Tokyo 1964 Olympics. "She had recreated her floor exercises to that piece of music which was obviously a real crowd pleaser, very...
Aug 25, 2017 · Biography - VĚRA ČÁSLAVSKÁ (3rd May, 1942 Prague – 30th August, 2016 Prague) Věra Čáslavská is the Czechoslovak gymnast, coach, member of prominent sports organizations, 7-time Olympic Gold medalist, 4-time World Champion, 11-time European Champion, and 4-time Czechoslovak Athlete of the Year.
Aug 31, 2016 · Vera Caslavska, the Czech gymnast who won seven Olympic gold medals in the 1960s but was punished by the communist authorities for voicing opposition to the Warsaw Pact invasion of...
Attractive, vivacious and talented, Vera Caslavska won four Olympic golds. Her victories were dramatic given that she defeated Soviet gymnasts shortly after Soviet tanks had invaded her homeland. Soviet tanks
Feb 1, 2023 · Věra Čáslavská byla světovou sportovní ikonou. Věra Čáslavská se narodila v Praze 3. května 1942. Její otec byl majitelem obchodu s lahůdkami, matka byla v domácnosti, kde se kromě nejmladší Věry starala také o své další dvě dcery - Hanu a Evu.
As the most successful female gymnast of the 1960s, Vera Caslavska of the Czech Republic has achieved worldwide admiration for not only her dominating performances, but her dignified defiance of political and social strife in her homeland.
Aug 30, 2016 · Attractive, vivacious and talented, Věra Čáslavská of Czechoslovakia was the outstanding gymnast at the 1964 and 1968 Games. In Tokyo she won three gold medals and a silver, winning the all-around, on the balance beam, and the horse vault, and finishing second in the team event.
