Book – Miloval život a boj, Evžen Rošický sportovec a novinář

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Condition: as found, solid, slightly damaged cover

Size: 14 cm x 20.5 cm

Evžen Rošický,Wikipedia: Evžen Rošický (15 October 1914 – 25 June 1942) competed for SK Slavia Praha and represented Czechoslovakia at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. He was Czechoslovak champion in the 800 m (1933–1937) and the 400 m hurdles (1937, 1939), and a member of champion relay teams in the 4x100 m (1936) and 4x400 m (1933, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1940). His times in the 800 m and 400 m hurdles were Czechoslovak records; his personal bests were 1:54.6 in the 800 m (1935) and 56.9 in the 400 m hurdles (1939). In 1935 he joined the Communist Party and became a journalist, writing sports articles for Rudé právo and Haló noviny and essays and stories for Národní práce. During the Second World War he joined the anti-Nazi resistance and, with his father Jaroslav Rošický, worked with the illegal group Kapitán Nemo. Both were arrested on 18 June 1942 and executed at the Kobylisy shooting range in Prague on 25 June.