Oskar Hekš (April 10, 1908 – March 8, 1944) was a Czechoslovak

long-distance runner Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely Aerobic exercise, aerobic in nature and requires endurance, stamina as well as mental strength. Within e ...

. Hekš was born in

Rožďalovice Rožďalovice is a town in Nymburk District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,600 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Hasina, Ledečky, Podlužany, Podolí, Viničná Lhota and Zámostí are administra ...

, present-day Czech Republic. He competed for

Czechoslovakia at the 1932 Summer Olympics Czechoslovakia competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. Because of the ongoing Great Depression and high costs for the trip to Los Angeles, the Czechoslovak state refused to sponsor the trip, but the 7 best athletes sti ...

and came in eighth place in the Men's Marathon. He died in the Holocaust after being transferred to and gassed at

Auschwitz Auschwitz concentration camp ( (); also or ) was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) during World War II and the Holocaust. It con ...

International competitions

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