Vlasta Děkanová was a Czech artistic gymnast who represented Czechoslovakia. She was the first World All-Around Champion as well as the first repeat World All-Around Champion in women's artistic gymnastics, as she successfully defended her title at those next World Championships.
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This photograph that would prove quite prophetic, from a 1932 issue of Czechoslovak journal "Věstník Sokolský", showcases 3 of their gymnasts, all of whom either had already become or would become World All-Around Champions in the sport. Alois Hudec, right, had already accomplished this in 1931; Děkanová, center, would also in both 1934 and 1938; and Jan Gajdoš, left, in 1938. The caption reads "Our Best" (translated from Czech).
This coverage from the 14 July 1932 issue of Sokolsky Glasnik provides the results of the intercontinentally-contested 9th Prague Slet in 1932. The men's results, center, showing Jan Gajdoš as overall champion, and the women's results, top right, showing Děkanová as overall champion, were repeated with both as champions again at the 10th Prague Slet in 1938, which also served as the 1938 World Championships.
On pages 5 and 6 of their 8 June 1934 edition, the Slovenian-Yugoslav newspaper Sokolski Glasnik's coverage of the 1934 Worlds singled out Děkanová, from among all female competitors, (as well as Eugen Mack of Switzerland, looking on as his teammate, 1928 Olympic All-Around Champion Georges Miez performs a skill), with photographs, as both of them became World All-Around Champions here. The caption following Děkanová's photo identification translates to "World Champion in Gymnastics".
Děkanová at the 10th Sokol slet in 1938, of which the 1938 Worlds were a part.
Děkanová was competitor #11 in the gymnastics competition at the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympic Games, as is illustrated by this cropped photograph, from the Official Olympic Report, of her performing her compulsory exercise on the uneven bars.
L-R: Olympic Boxing Champion Július Torma, Czechoslovak Prime Minister Antonín Zápotocký, Prague Mayor Václav Vacek, Děkanová, Olympic Running Champion Emil Zátopek, at the 1948 London Summer Olympic GamesAbout this person
Vlasta Děkanová was a Czech artistic gymnast who represented Czechoslovakia. She was the first World All-Around Champion as well as the first repeat World All-Around Champion in women's artistic gymnastics, as she successfully defended her title at those next World Championships. Additionally she was an Olympian, as part of the silver-medal-winning Czech team at the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics, as well as being team coach to the Olympic Champion team at the next Summer Olympics in London in 1948.
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