Božena Srncová, née Krejcarová (11 June 1925 in
Prague
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– 30 November 1997 in
Semily
Semily (; ) is a town in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 8,000 inhabitants.
Administrative division
Semily consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
*Semily (2,554)
*Bítoucho ...
) was a
Czech
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gymnast
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. She competed in the
1948 Summer Olympics
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and the
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland.
After Japan declared in ...
, winning team event gold and bronze medals, respectively.
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1925 births
1997 deaths
Czech female artistic gymnasts
Olympic gymnasts for Czechoslovakia
Gymnasts at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Gymnasts at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Czechoslovakia
Olympic bronze medalists for Czechoslovakia
Olympic medalists in gymnastics
Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Gymnasts from Prague
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