Jan Gajdoš

Jan Gajdoš (27 December 1903 in Brno - 19 November 1945 in Brno) was a Czech gymnast. He competed in two Olympic Games and four gymnastics World Championships.

Jan Gajdoš

Grave of Jan Gajdoš at the cemetery in Brno-Židenice

His first Olympics was in 1928, where he took silver in the team competition. Switzerland won the competition. Individually, he won no medals, but he finished fourth in the horizontal bar, and eighth in the rings. At the next Olympics, in 1932, he again won no medals, but the team finished fourth in the team competition.

At the World Championships, he took three golds in the team competition; in 1926, 1930 and 1938.[1] He also took a team silver in 1934. Individually, he took two silver medals in 1926. In 1930, he took overall silver, behind Josip Primožič, and also won bronze in the pommel horse and rings.

In 1934, he won no individual medals, but took sixth place overall.[2] In his last World Championships, in 1938, he won gold overall. He also won gold on the floor.

An active member of Sokol organization, during World War II he was an active member of Sokol resistance group. He died shortly after the end of World War II, after being put on a death march by the Nazi Germans.[3]

From 15–16 November 2008, an international gymnastics event was arranged in memory of Gajdoš; Jan Gajdoš Memorial 2008 in Brno.[4]

References
  1. Sport-komplett.de - World Championship competitors
  2. GYMmedia - All-around World Champions and medallists Archived 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "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 24 July 2018.
  4. Jan Gajdoš Memorial 2008
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