Vladislav Čáp

Vladislav Čáp (13 April 1926 — 30 December 2001) was a Czech figure skater who competed internationally for Czechoslovakia. He was the 1947 European silver medalist.[1] He competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics and placed 10th.[2]

Vladislav Čáp
Personal information
Country representedCzechoslovakia
Born(1926-04-13)13 April 1926
Died30 December 2001(2001-12-30) (aged 75)
Prague, Czech Republic
CoachArnold Gerschwiler

Čáp graduated from the Czech Technical University in Prague. In 1958, he published a book on figure skating, Výklad pravidel krasobruslení.[3] In 1959, he was arrested for alleged spying and sentenced to five years in prison. He was released after three and a half years.[4] 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.[4]

Results
International
Event 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953
Winter Olympics10th
World Championships4th10th
European Champ.2nd8th5th
National
Czechoslovak Champ.2nd3rd3rd2nd

References
  1. "European Figure Skating Championships" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 November 2008.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. "Ladislav Čáp". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  3. "Database" (in Czech). National Library of the Czech Republic.
  4. Balcar, Miroslav (2005). "Ing. Vladislav Čáp : Inventář" (PDF) (in Czech). National Technical Museum (Prague). Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 April 2016.
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