# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vaclav-hosek
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:10:18.147Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vaclav-hosek"
name: "Václav Hošek"
slug: "vaclav-hosek"
description: "Václav Hošek was a Czech middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1936 Summer Olympics. During World War II, he was captured by the Gestapo and was later shot when he attempted to escape from a prisoner-of-war camp."
tagline: "Czech Olympic runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/V%C3%A1clav_Ho%C5%A1ek_-atlet.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1909-08-18"
deathDate: "1942-06-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.34
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.467962666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1clav_Ho%C5%A1ek"
    title: "Václav Hošek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%A4_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "ڤاكلاڤ هوسيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1clav_Ho%C5%A1ek_(atlet)"
    title: "Václav Hošek (atlet)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BA%2C_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2"
    title: "Гошек, Вацлав"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1clav_Ho%C5%A1ek"
    title: "Václav Hošek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1clav_Ho%C5%A1ek"
    title: "Václav Hošek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17544418"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump