Karel Goppold z Lobsdorfu

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameKarel•Goppold z Lobsdorfu
Used nameKarel•Goppold z Lobsdorfu
Born15 December 1894 in Praha (Prague), Hlavní město Praha (CZE)
Died1956
AffiliationsČŠK Riegel, Praha (CZE)
NOC Bohemia

Biography

Karel Goppold z Lobsdorfu was the son of Bohemia’s most successful pre-World War I fencer, Vilém Goppold z Lobsdorfu, Sr. and his wife Marie, owner of a haberdashery in Praha (Prague). Together with his father and his older brother Vilém, Jr., Karel competed in the 1912 Olympic Games. He was eliminated in the quarter-final of his only event, the men’s épée individual.

Karel Goppold z Lobsdorfu committed suicide in 1956.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1912 Summer Olympics Fencing BOH Karel Goppold z Lobsdorfu
Épée, Individual, Men (Olympic) =5 p7 r2/4
Sabre, Individual, Men (Olympic) DNS

Olympic family relations

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