Jan Sládek (23 February 1907 – 11 June 1984) was a Czech

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

. He competed in eight events at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...

. Additionally, he competed at the

1934 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 10th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary, in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Hungarian Gymnastics Federation, on June 1–2, 1934. It was the first World Championships with a wo ...

, helping his CzechoSlovakian team to the silver and winning an individual bronze medal on the pommel horse, as well as at the

1938 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 11th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1938. According to the website Gymnastics-History.com, various original source materials stated that the political situation, with what would become World W ...

where he helped his CzechoSlovakian team to gold, as well as taking an individual silver medal in the all-around combined exercises.

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* 1907 births 1984 deaths People from Vracov People from the Margraviate of Moravia Czech male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Czechoslovakia Gymnasts at the 1936 Summer Olympics Gymnasts from the South Moravian Region {{CzechRepublic-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub