Vlasta Foltová (14 March 1913 – 2 May 2001) was a

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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 competed for

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in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...

. In 1936 she won the silver medal as member of the Czechoslovak gymnastics team. She was the last surviving member of the team when she died in 2001.

References

Vlasta Foltová's profile at databaseOlympics.com

1913 births 2001 deaths Czech female artistic gymnasts Czechoslovak female artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Czechoslovakia Gymnasts at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Czechoslovakia Olympic medalists in gymnastics Gymnasts from Prague Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics {{Czechoslovakia-Olympic-medalist-stub