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
Born	(1926-04-13)13 April 1926
Died	30 December 2001(2001-12-30) (aged 75) Prague, Czech Republic
Figure skating career
Country	Czechoslovakia
Coach	Arnold Gerschwiler
Medal record Representing  Czechoslovakia Figure skating: Men's singles European Championships 1947 Davos Men's singles

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 Olympics		10th
World Championships	4th	10th
European Champ.	2nd	8th	5th
National
Czechoslovak Champ.				2nd	3rd	3rd	2nd

References

1. "European Figure Skating Championships" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 November 2008.{{cite web}}: 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.