Ladislav Vácha

{{short description|Czech gymnast}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold| 1928 Amsterdam | Parallel bars}}

{{MedalSilver| 1928 Amsterdam | Rings}}

{{MedalSilver| 1928 Amsterdam | Team}}

{{MedalBronze| 1924 Paris | Rope climbing}}

{{MedalBronze| 1924 Paris | Rings}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 1926 Lyon | Team }}

{{MedalGold | 1926 Lyon | Parallel Bars }}

{{MedalSilver | 1926 Lyon | Rings }}

{{MedalBronze | 1926 Lyon | All-Around }}

{{MedalBronze | 1926 Lyon | Horizontal Bar }}

{{MedalBronze | 1926 Lyon | Pommel Horse }}

{{MedalBronze | 1930 Luxembourg | Parallel Bars }}

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Ladislav Vácha (21 March 1899 in Brno – 28 June 1943) was a gymnast and Olympic champion competing for Czechoslovakia.

He competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, where he received a bronze medal in rope climbing and rings.[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=8&sp=GYM "1924 Summer Olympics – Paris, France – Gymnastics"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819151924/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=8&sp=GYM |date=19 August 2007 }} databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 31 March 2008) He received a gold medal in parallel bars, and silver medals in rings and team combined exercises at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/31213 |title=Ladislav Vácha |work=Olympedia |access-date=28 June 2021}}

He died during World War II shortly after being interrogated by Gestapo for his resistance activities.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War |accessdate=24 July 2018 |work=Sports Reference}}