Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Female |
Full name | Miloslava•Misáková (-Čamková) |
Used name | Miloslava•Misáková |
Born | 25 February 1922 in Horákov, Jihomoravský kraj (CZE) |
Died | 1 July 2015 in Praha (Prague), Hlavní město Praha (CZE) |
NOC | Czechoslovakia |
Nationality | Czechia |
Medals | OG |
Gold | 1 |
Silver | 0 |
Bronze | 0 |
Total | 1 |
Miloslava Misáková was the sister of Eliška Misáková, who was on the Czechoslovak gymnastics team for the 1948 London Olympics, but contracted poliomyelitis while training in London, and died on the day the Olympic gymnastics competition began. Despite this tragedy, Miloslava Misáková won a gold medal with the Czechoslovak team. She later coached youth gymnastics and worked as a gymnastics judge. Before her death she was the oldest living Czechoslovak Olympic gold medalist.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | Nationality | As | |
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1948 Summer Olympics | Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) | TCH | CZE | Miloslava Misáková | |||
Team All-Around, Women (Olympic) | Czechoslovakia | 1 | Gold |