František Ventura (13 August 1894 in
Vysoké Mýto – 1 December 1969 in
Prague
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) was a
Czech equestrian who competed in the
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...
.
In 1928, he and his horse Eliot won the gold medal in the individual jumping competition. The Czechoslovak jumping team did not finish the
team jumping competition, because one of their riders was disqualified in the individual competition.
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1894 births
1969 deaths
People from Vysoké Mýto
20th-century Czech people
Czechoslovak male equestrians
Czech male equestrians
Show jumping riders
Olympic equestrians of Czechoslovakia
Equestrians at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Czechoslovakia
Olympic medalists in equestrian
Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from the Pardubice Region
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