Miloš Klika (3 April 1890 – 21 August 1962) was a Bohemian fencer. He competed in the individual

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and

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events at the

1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be ...

. He was also involved with the Czechoslovak resistance during

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. Most notably, he supplied the poison for the poisoning of collaborator journalist Karel Lanžovský. He also planned an assassination on Karl Hermann Frank.

References

1890 births 1962 deaths Czech male fencers Olympic fencers for Bohemia Fencers at the 1912 Summer Olympics {{CzechRepublic-fencing-bio-stub