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František Ventura

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František Ventura
Olympic medal record
Men's Equestrian
Gold medal – first place 1928 Amsterdam Individual jumping

František Ventura (13 August 1894 in Cerekvice nad Loučnou – 1 December 1969 in Prague) was a Czech equestrian who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.[1]

In 1928, he and his horse Eliot won the gold medal in the individual jumping competition. The Czechoslovak jumping team did not finish the team jumping competition, because one of their riders was disqualified in the individual competition.

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "František Ventura". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
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