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Věra Čáslavská
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Life & Death

Died aged 74
Also known asVera Caslavska GenderFemaleNationalityCzechoslovakiaBorn03/05/1942Born inPrague, CzechoslovakiaDied30/08/2016 (aged 74)Died inPragueCausepancreatic cancerWikidataQ229503 ↗Buried atČernošiceTMDb#1560790 ↗

Věra Čáslavská was a Czechoslovak artistic gymnast and Czech sports official. She won a total of 22 international titles between 1959 and 1968 including seven Olympic gold medals, four world titles and eleven European championships. Čáslavská is the most decorated Czech gymnast in history and is one of only three female gymnasts, along with the Soviet Larisa Latynina and American Simone Biles, to win the all-around gold medal at two Olympics.

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Filmography7 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
20181968Movie—76
2016ZátopekMovie—74
2012Věra 68MovieHerself70
1995GENUSSeriesHerself53
1969Wünsch dir wasSeriesSelf27
1963Der Sport-SpiegelSeriesSelf21
1963Something DifferentMovieGymnast (uncredited)21