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Eva Bosáková-Hlaváčková, née Věchtová (18 December 1931 – 10 January 1991) was a 
On balance beam, where she is credited for being the first woman gymnast to compete a cartwheel (at the 1956 Olympics), she was World (1962) and Olympic (1960) champion, and she was good enough on all four events combined to become All-Around silver medalist at two consecutive World Championships (1958, 1962).
After her competitive career was over, Bosáková became a member of the Czechoslovak Song and Dance Ensemble and later became a coach in her home country. She starred in the 1963 film '' Something Different'', directed by
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gymnast
Gymnastics is a group of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, artistry and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, sh ...
who represented Czechoslovakia
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. Her career spanned at least from the 1954 World Championships to the 1962 World Championships. Her father was also a gymnast for the Czech national team at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
During the time period of 1958-1962, Bosakova and her famous teammate Věra Čáslavská
Věra Čáslavská (; 3 May 1942 – 30 August 2016) was a Czechoslovak artistic gymnast and Czech sports official. She won a total of 22 international titles between 1959 and 1968 including seven Olympic gold medals, four world titles and elev ...
were always the two highest-scoring Czechoslovak women gymnasts at the largest, most prestigious championships during those years – the 1958 World Championships, 1959 European Championships, 1960 Olympics, 1961 European Championships, and 1962 World Championships. As a very strong "one-two punch", they continued the Czechoslovak legacy in the sport of Women's Artistic Gymnastics established by the sport's first-ever Women's World All-Around Champion Vlasta Děkanová
Vlasta Děkanová (5 September 1909 – 16 October 1974) was a Czechs, Czech Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast who represented Czechoslovakia. She was the first World Artistic Gymnastics Championships – Women's individual all-around, World A ...
, and others such as Zdeňka Veřmiřovská
Zdeňka Veřmiřovská (; 27 June 1913 – 13 May 1997) was a Czech gymnast. She represented Czechoslovakia in the 1936 Summer Olympics receiving silver in the team event, and in the 1948 Summer Olympics winning gold in the team event.
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, Matylda Pálfyová
Matylda Vilma Pálfyová (11 March 1912 – 23 September 1944) was a Slovaks, Slovak Artistic gymnastics, gymnast who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics, helping her team to a silver medal. She was the first female Slovak Olympic medalist and w ...
, and Zdeňka Honsová
Zdeňka Honsová (3 July 1927 in Jihlava – 16 May 1994) was a Czech gymnast who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Honsová was the highest women's gymnastics individual all-around scorer at these Olympics, continuing the legacy of major ...
. Bosáková and Čáslavská led the Czechoslovak women's gymnastics team to three successive World/Olympic silver medals in a row (1958 Worlds, 1960 Olympics, 1962 Worlds), therefore being the foremost challengers to the dominant Soviet women's team during that era.
On balance beam, where she is credited for being the first woman gymnast to compete a cartwheel (at the 1956 Olympics), she was World (1962) and Olympic (1960) champion, and she was good enough on all four events combined to become All-Around silver medalist at two consecutive World Championships (1958, 1962).
After her competitive career was over, Bosáková became a member of the Czechoslovak Song and Dance Ensemble and later became a coach in her home country. She starred in the 1963 film '' Something Different'', directed by Věra Chytilová
Věra Chytilová (; 2 February 1929 – 12 March 2014) was an avant-garde Czech film director and pioneer of Czech cinema. Banned by the Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak government in the 1960s, she is best known for her Czech New Wave 1966 film ''S ...
, inspired in part by Bosáková's own gymnastic career.
See also
*List of top medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Individual women who won eight or more medals
World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The years listed for each gymnast only include World Championships where they won medals. American gymnast Simone Biles holds the record for the most World Cha ...
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