Vladislav Čáp (13 April 1926 — 30 December 2001) was a Czech

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

who competed internationally for

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

. He was the 1947 European silver medalist. He competed at the

1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (german: V. Olympische Winterspiele; french: Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver; it, V Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, V Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz ...

and placed 10th. Čáp graduated from the

Czech Technical University in Prague Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU, cs, České vysoké učení technické v Praze, ČVUT) is one of the largest university, universities in the Czech Republic with 8 faculties, and is one of the oldest institutes of technology in Centra ...

. In 1958, he published a book on figure skating, ''Výklad pravidel krasobruslení''. In 1959, he was arrested for alleged spying and sentenced to five years in prison. He was released after three and a half years. In 1969, he began working for Czechoslovak Television and lecturing on stage lighting at the

Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts The Department of Dramatic Theatre (DAMU) is one of three departments at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (alongside the Film and TV school and the Department of Music). The academy was opened in 1945 immediately after the Second World ...

in Prague.

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1926 births 2001 deaths Czechoslovak male single skaters Olympic figure skaters for Czechoslovakia Figure skaters at the 1948 Winter Olympics European Figure Skating Championships medalists Academic staff of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague {{CzechRepublic-figure-skating-bio-stub