Vlasta Dekanová
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Vlasta Děkanová was a Czechoslovak
/Czech gymnast
two-time World All-Around Gymnastics Champion who also competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympics
.
At the 1936 Berlin Olympics, she helped her Czechoslovakian team to the silver, this being her only Olympic medal due to the world wars and the lack of recognition of women for individual medals at the Olympic games until the 1952 Helsinki Olympics
.
She also was two-time World All-Around Champion at successive World Gymnastics Championships (1934
and 1938
), as well as Balance Beam Champion at the latter (some sources conflict as to what other events she won - vault and/or uneven/parallel bars) where women's individual event medals were first awarded. This makes her the most decorated woman gymnast at the worldwide level before the introduction of the women's full program (where women could compete, for the first time, for individual medals and not just team medals) into the Olympics, which occurred in 1952.
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
/Czech gymnast
Artistic gymnastics
Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite...
two-time World All-Around Gymnastics Champion who also competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Gymnastics at the 1936 Summer Olympics
At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, nine events in gymnastics were contested. The competitions were held from August 10, 1936 to August 12, 1936.-Medal summary:-Medal table:...
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At the 1936 Berlin Olympics, she helped her Czechoslovakian team to the silver, this being her only Olympic medal due to the world wars and the lack of recognition of women for individual medals at the Olympic games until the 1952 Helsinki Olympics
Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics was represented by 15 events: 7 for women and 8 for men. All events were held between July 19 and July 24 in the Messuhalli building in Helsinki...
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She also was two-time World All-Around Champion at successive World Gymnastics Championships (1934
1934 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 10th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary in the year 1934.-Medals:- All-around :- Floor exercise :- Pommel horse :- Rings :- Parallel bars :- Horizontal bar :- Vault :- Team final :...
and 1938
1938 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 11th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Prague, Czechoslovakia in the year 1938.-Medals:- All-around :- Floor exercise :- Pommel horse :- Rings :- Parallel bars :- Horizontal bar :- Vault :- Team final :...
), as well as Balance Beam Champion at the latter (some sources conflict as to what other events she won - vault and/or uneven/parallel bars) where women's individual event medals were first awarded. This makes her the most decorated woman gymnast at the worldwide level before the introduction of the women's full program (where women could compete, for the first time, for individual medals and not just team medals) into the Olympics, which occurred in 1952.