Jiří Skobla
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Jiří Skobla was a Czech athlete who competed for Czechoslovakia, mainly in the shot put. Born in Prague, he was the son of former Olympic heavyweight weightlifting champion Jaroslav Skobla.
Skobla in 1957
Czechoslovakia
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Czechoslovakia was a country in Central Europe. The country was bordered by Austria and Hungary to the south, Germany to the west and northwest, Poland to the northeast, and Ukraine to the southeast.
Jiří Skobla
…Jiří Skobla (6 April 1930 – 18 November 1978) was a Czech athlete who competed for Czechoslovakia, mainly in the shot put. Born in Prague, he was the son of former Olympic heavyweight weightlifting champion Jaroslav Skobla. Skobla was born on 6 April…
Czechoslovak troops in Vladivostok (1918)
Czechoslovak declaration of independence rally in Prague on Wenceslas Square, 28 October 1918
A monument to Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk and Milan Štefánik—both key figures in early Czechoslovakia
Plaque dedicated to formation of Czechoslovakia, in Bratislava