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, with its introduction occurring at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic d ...

who competed internationally for

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

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and placed 10th. Čáp graduated from the

Czech Technical University in Prague Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU) () is one of the largest universities in the Czech Republic with 8 faculties, and is one of the oldest institutes of technology in Central Europe. It is also the oldest non-military technical universi ...

. 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 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