Jaroslav Skobla

Jaroslav Skobla at the 1928 Olympics

Personal information

Born

16 April 1899
Pitkavicky, Czech Republic

Died

22 November 1959 (aged 60)
Teplice nad Bečvou, Czech Republic

Height

1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Weight

83 kg (183 lb)

Sport

Weightlifting

Medal record

Olympic Games
Representing Czechoslovakia
	1928 Amsterdam	Heavyweight; 100+107.5+150 kg
	1932 Los Angeles	Heavyweight; 112.5+115+152.5 kg
World Championships
	1923 Vienna	Light-heavyweight; 387.5 kg

Jaroslav Skobla (16 April 1899 – 22 November 1959) was a Czechoslovakian weightlifter. After winning a world light-heavyweight title in 1923 he was a favorite at the 1924 Olympics, but finished in a mere eighth place. Skobla then moved to the heavyweight category and won a bronze and a gold medal at the 1928 and 1932 Games, respectively.^[1]^[2]

His son Jiří was an Olympic shot put competitor. Sweg.^[1]

References

1 2 Jaroslav Skobla. sports-reference.com
↑ Jaroslav Skobla. chidlovski.net

Olympic champions in weightlifting – Heavyweight

1920–1948: +82.5 kg, 1952–1968: +90 kg, 1972–1976: 90–110 kg, 1980–1992: 100–110 kg, 1996: 99–108 kg, 2000–2008: 94–105 kg

1920: Filippo Bottino 1924: Giuseppe Tonani 1928: Josef Straßberger 1932: Jaroslav Skobla 1936: Josef Manger 1948+1952: John Davis 1956: Paul Anderson 1960: Yury Vlasov 1964+1968: Leonid Zhabotinsky 1972: Jaan Talts 1976: Yury Zaitsev 1980: Leonid Taranenko 1984: Norberto Oberburger 1988: Yury Zakharevich 1992: Ronny Weller 1996: Tymur Taymazov 2000: Hossein Tavakkoli 2004: Dmitry Berestov 2008: Andrei Aramnau 2012: Oleksiy Torokhtiy

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