Zdeněk Růžička
Czechoslovakian gymnast (1925–2021)
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Country represented | Czechoslovakia |
Born | (1925-04-15)15 April 1925 Ivančice, Czechoslovakia |
Died | 18 April 2021(2021-04-18) (aged 96) Brno, Czech Republic |
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics |
Zdeněk Růžička (15 April 1925 – 18 April 2021) was a Czech gymnast who was a three-time Olympian.[1] Winning two individual bronze medals on floor exercise and rings at the Gymnastics at the 1948 Summer Olympics where he also placed 7th in the combined individual all-around standings, he continued to compete at the next two Olympiads where his best results were top-15 placements on pommel horse and rings in 1952 and a top-10 finish on the horizontal bar in 1956. He was born in Ivančice. He died 18 April 2021 at the age of 96.[2]
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