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Bookmark or Share- Vera Caslavska, Gymnast Who Faced Off With Soviets, Dies at 74Caslavska won seven Olympics gold medals as a gymnast in the 1960s. Her public opposition to the Soviet invasion of her homeland, Czechoslovakia, ended her competitive career.
- Vera Caslavska, Czech gymnastics great, dies at 74 | AP NewsPRAGUE (AP) — Vera Caslavska, a seven-time Olympic gymnastics gold medalist who stood up against the 1968 Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia, has died. She was 74. The Czech Olympic Committee said Wednesday that Caslavska died in Prague late Tuesday.
- Vera Caslavska | The International Gymnastics Hall of FameAs the most successful female gymnast of the 1960s, Vera Caslavska of the Czech Republic has achieved worldwide admiration for not only her dominating performances, but her dignified defiance of political and social strife in her homeland.
- Vera Caslavska and the forgotten story of her 1968 Olympics protest - BBCVera Caslavska won seven gold and four silver Olympic medals at three different Olympic Games. By Tom Reynolds. BBC Sport. Mexico City, 1968. A newly-crowned Olympic champion is about to make...
- Vera Caslavska, Czech Gymnastics Great Who Protested 1968 Invasion ...Vera Caslavska, Czechoslovakia's most decorated Olympic athlete and a vocal critic of communism who was persecuted for her dissent, has died at the age of 74.
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