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Alois Hudec

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Alois Hudec
Alois Hudec, displaying his mastery on the Still Rings apparatus c. 1931
Personal information
Country represented Czechoslovakia
Born(1908-07-12)July 12, 1908
Račice, Austria-Hungary
DiedJanuary 23, 1997(1997-01-23) (aged 88)
Prague, Czech Republic
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1936 Berlin Rings
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1931 Paris All-Around
Gold medal – first place 1931 Paris Floor Exercise
Gold medal – first place 1931 Paris Rings
Gold medal – first place 1934 Budapest Rings
Gold medal – first place 1938 Prague Team
Gold medal – first place 1938 Prague Rings
Silver medal – second place 1938 Prague Floor
Silver medal – second place 1938 Prague Parallel Bars
Silver medal – second place 1938 Prague Horizontal Bar
Silver medal – second place 1934 Budapest Team

Alois Hudec (12 July 1908 – 23 January 1997)[1] was a Czechoslovak gymnast and an individual World and Olympic Champion in the sport.

He competed for Czechoslovakia at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, where he received a gold medal in rings.[2] Part of his performance there is recorded in an 85-second shot in Leni Riefenstahl's film Olympia. He also competed at three World Championships in a row (1931, 1934, 1938) where he won the rings title every time.

Hudec also bears another particular distinction within the annals of the history of the sport. Although the 1931 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships often seem to go ignored by various authorities within the sport, the FIG, in their 125-Year Anniversary Publication, refers to them as the "First Artistic Men's World Championships".[3] As he became the overall World All-Around Champion at those games, according to some authorities, Hudec could be considered the first-ever World All-Around Champion in the sport of Men's Artistic Gymnastics.

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alois Hudec". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  2. ^ "1936 Summer Olympics – Berlin, Germany – Gymnastics" Archived 2007-08-27 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 31, 2008)
  3. ^ Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (2005). 125th Anniversary - The story goes on... FIG. p. 15.
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