František Janda-Suk
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men’s athletics | |||
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| Silver | 1900 Paris | Discus throw | |
František Janda-Suk (IPA: [ˈfrancɪʃɛk ˈjanda ˈsuk]) (March 25, 1878 – June 23, 1955) was a Czech athlete who competed for Bohemia in the 1900 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.
He was born in Postřižín near Roudnice nad Labem and died in Prague.
In the 1900 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France, where he became the first Czech medalist in the history of the Olympiads winning the silver medal in the discus throw.
At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden he was 15th in shot put and 17th in discus throw .
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