Ladislav Žemla (6 November 1887 – 18 June 1955) was a Czech
tennis
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player. He competed for
Bohemia
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at the
1906
Events
January–February
* January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, ...
,
1908
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Events
January
* January ...
and
1912 Summer Olympics
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and for
Czechoslovakia
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at the
1920
Events January
* January 1
** Polish–Soviet War: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20.
** Kauniainen in Finland, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its ow ...
and
1924 Summer Olympics
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.
At the 1920 Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the
mixed doubles event, together with his wife
Milada Skrbková. He also won a bronze medal at the
1906 Intercalated Games
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, playing with his brother
Zdeněk Žemla
Zdeněk is a Czech male given name derived from the Latin name Sidonius. contested the relation with the Latin name, and an alternative etymology is a diminutive of Zdeslav.Jan Svoboda, Staročeská osobní jména se základem sd , sdě-, :Onom ...
.
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1887 births
1955 deaths
Czech male tennis players
Czechoslovak male tennis players
Olympic tennis players for Bohemia
Olympic tennis players for Czechoslovakia
Olympic bronze medalists for Czechoslovakia
Olympic medalists in tennis
Medalists at the 1906 Intercalated Games
Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Tennis players at the 1906 Intercalated Games
Tennis players at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Tennis players at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Tennis players at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Tennis players at the 1924 Summer Olympics
People from Tachov District
Sportspeople from the Plzeň Region
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