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Apr 06, 1930 Prague, Czech Republic Died on 18 Nov 1978 (aged 48)
Czechoslovak shot-putter
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About Jiří Skobla
- Jirí Skobla (6 April 1930 – 18 November 1978) was a Czechoslovak athlete who competed mainly in the shot put.
- Born in Prague, he was the son of former Olympic weightlifting champion Jaroslav Skobla.His first success was a gold medal at the 1954 European Athletics Championships – a feat that no other Czech has been able to replicate since.
- He was the bronze medallist at the event at the 1958 European Athletics Championships and placed sixth in 1962.
- He competed for Czechoslovakia at the Olympics on three occasions: 1952, 1956 and 1960.
- His best performance was in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia, where he won the bronze medal.
- His final international medal, a bronze, came at the 1966 European Indoor Games. Skobla died of kidney cancer in Prague.
- The autopsy results were not released, but it was widely believed his death may have been associated with steroid use.
