Jan Koutný
Jan Koutný (24 June 1897 – 18 July 1976) was a Czech gymnast who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics.
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| Born | June 24, 1897 Vyškov | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | July 18, 1976 (aged 79) Prague | ||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||
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He was born in Vyškov and died in Prague.
In 1924 he won a silver medal in the vault competition.
At the 1924 Summer Olympics he also participated in the following events:
- Rings - seventh place
- Individual all-around - eleventh place
- Parallel bars - eleventh place
- Sidehorse vault - twelfth place
- Pommel horse - 22nd place
- Rope climbing - 24th place
- Horizontal bar - 35th place
- Team all-around - did not finish
Four years later he was a member of the Czechoslovak gymnastic team which won the silver medal.
External links
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jan Koutný". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2009-11-07.
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