Bohumil Mořkovský

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Bohumil Mořkovský
Bohumil Morkovsky bio portrait.jpg
Personal information
Country representedFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Born(1899-12-14)December 14, 1899
Valašské Meziříčí, Austria-Hungary
DiedJuly 16, 1928(1928-07-16) (aged 28)
Valašské Meziříčí, Czechoslovakia
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
Olympic medal record
Representing Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Men's Gymnastic
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1924 Paris Vault

Bohumil Mořkovský (December 14, 1899 July 16, 1928) was a Czech gymnast who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was born and died in Valašské Meziříčí, Moravia. He died less than a month before he could have made a repeat Olympic appearance.

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In 1924 he won a bronze medal in the vault competition. At the 1924 Summer Olympics he also participated in the following events: [1]

Legacy

In 2019, the Czech Postal System issued a postcard commemorating Mořkovský. [2] [3] The commemoration raised interest because a likeness of two-time Olympic Gymnastics Rings Champion, from Armenia, Albert Azaryan was erroneously used to depict Mořkovský.

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References

  1. "Bohumil Mořkovský". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  2. Contesse, Eric (August 14, 2019). "Mon Blog Timbré: "Bohumil Mořkovský 1899-1928" pictorial cancellation on cover from Czech Republic".
  3. "Nové strojové razítko OLYMPSPORTU na poště Praha 1 (aktualizace)". July 20, 2019.