Josef Růžička (17 March 1925 – 11 April 1986) was a Czechoslovak wrestler. He was born in

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

. He won an Olympic silver medal in

Greco-Roman wrestling Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), classic wrestling (Euro English) or French wrestling (in Russia until 1948) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first mod ...

in 1952. He died on 11 April 1986, at the age of 61.František Kolář ''Encyklopedie olympioniků. Čeští a českoslovenští sportovci na olympijských hrách'', ed. Euromedia Group, Prague 2021, p. 278

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1925 births 1986 deaths Sportspeople from Prague Czechoslovak male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Czechoslovakia Wrestlers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Czech male sport wrestlers Olympic silver medalists for Czechoslovakia Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics {{CzechRepublic-wrestling-bio-stub