Josef Čada

Josef Čada (March 30, 1881 – December 1, 1959) was a Czech gymnast who competed for Bohemia in the 1908 Summer Olympics and for Czechoslovakia in the 1920 Summer Olympics.[1] He made his debut at the third World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Prague, winning gold. When Bohemia made their debut at these World Championships, he led their team to victory from the start, as well as establishing himself as the top gymnast at those games. Any possible claims of hometown favoritism would later be dispelled with his successes at the next 3 World Championships - 1909, 1911, and 1913 - where he won many more medals and all but dominated on the Horizontal bar event.[2]

Josef Čada
Josef Čada in 1924
Personal information
Full name	Josef Čada
Country represented	Czechoslovakia (1920)
Former countries represented	Bohemia (1907-1913)
Born	(1881-03-30)March 30, 1881 Prague
Died	December 1, 1959(1959-12-01) (aged 78) Prague
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Medal record Representing  Bohemia World Championships 1907 Prague Team 1907 Prague All-around 1911 Turin Team 1911 Turin Horizontal bar 1913 Paris Team 1913 Paris Horizontal bar 1907 Prague Parallel bars 1909 Luxembourg Team 1909 Luxembourg All-around 1909 Luxembourg Parallel bars 1909 Luxembourg Horizontal bar 1911 Turin All-around

World War I would interrupt his gymnastics career, although after the war he would he would return and compete at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Olympic Games. He had previously competed in the 1908 Olympics individual all-around gymnastics competition, placing 25th.

His successes are best seen in the context of the Sokol movement within the former Bohemia and its successor, Czechoslovakia.