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Anton Heida

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Anton Heida
BornDecember 24, 1878
Diedunknown
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
 United States
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1904 St. Louis Team competition
Gold medal – first place 1904 St. Louis Combined
Gold medal – first place 1904 St. Louis Pommel horse
Gold medal – first place 1904 St. Louis Vault
Gold medal – first place 1904 St. Louis Horizontal bar
Silver medal – second place 1904 St. Louis Parallel bars

Anton Heida (also known as Antonín Hejda, born December 24, 1878, Žižkov, date of death unknown) was an American gymnast who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics, where he won five gold medals.[1] He won the vault, horizontal bar, pommel horse, team competition and all-around titles, becoming the most successful athlete at the 1904 Olympics.[2][3]

He was a member of American Sokol Organization.[4][5] He reportedly lived in Philadelphia and Chicago,[6][5] and later in Prague in the 1920s.[7] He was a physical education teacher.[8] During the World War I, he fought in the Czechoslovak Legions in Russia.[8]

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References

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  1. ^ "Anton Heida". Olympedia. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  2. ^ "Anton Heida". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on November 14, 2012. Retrieved March 31, 2008.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Anton Heida". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  4. ^ "Z národních kruhů". Květy americké. No. 46. Omaha. September 12, 1901. p. 22.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ a b "Prní Slet Slovanského Sokolstva Americe". Amerikán: národní kalendář na rok. Vol. 33. Chicago. 1910. p. 271.
  6. ^ "Události americká". Osvěta americká. Vol. 12, no. 6. September 7, 1904. p. 1.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Tělesná výchova". České slovo. Vol. 12, no. 13. November 14, 1920. p. 13.
  8. ^ a b csol.cz. "33308". ČsOL. Retrieved April 6, 2026.
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