Vladislav Čáp

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

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]

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

^ "European Figure Skating Championships" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Ladislav Čáp". Sports Reference.
^ "Database" (in Czech). National Library of the Czech Republic.
^ ^a ^b Balcar, Miroslav (2005). "Ing. Vladislav Čáp : Inventář" (PDF) (in Czech). National Technical Museum (Prague). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 April 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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