František Pecháček (15 February 1896 – 3 February 1944) was a

Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus' Places *Czech, ...

gymnast Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, s ...

who competed for

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

in the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

. He was born in

Záhornice Záhornice is a municipality and village in Nymburk District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants. Záhornice is located about east of Nymburk and east of Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: ...

near

Městec Králové Městec Králové (; german: Königstädtel meaning “King’s town”) is a town in Nymburk District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,800 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Nový and Vinice are admi ...

and was murdered in

Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp Mauthausen was a Nazi concentration camp on a hill above the market town of Mauthausen, Upper Austria, Mauthausen (roughly east of Linz), Upper Austria. It was the main camp of a group with List of subcamps of Mauthausen, nearly 100 further ...

. In 1920 he was a member of the Czechoslovak gymnastic team which finished fourth in the team event.

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from the exhibition ''Under Sokol's Wings'' held in the

Army Museum Žižkov An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...

from June to December 2012. 1896 births 1944 deaths People from Nymburk District People from the Kingdom of Bohemia Czech male artistic gymnasts Czechoslovak male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts of Czechoslovakia Gymnasts at the 1920 Summer Olympics Czechoslovak civilians killed in World War II Czech people executed in Nazi concentration camps People who died in Mauthausen concentration camp Sportspeople from the Central Bohemian Region {{CzechRepublic-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub