born: 3 may 1942
birthplace: praha (czech republic)
nationality: czech republic
sport: gymnastics
attendance at the olympic games
rome 1960
tokyo 1964
mexico 1968
awards
olympic medals:
gold: 7
silver: 4
other results:
world championships
gold: 4 (62, 66)
silver: 5 (58, 62, 66)
bronze: 1 (62)
the heroine of mexico city
after winning three gold medals and one silver medal at the 1964 tokyo games, vera caslavska was the favourite to repeat her success in 1968. in april she had signed the "manifesto of 2000 words," which rejected soviet involvement in czechoslovakia. two months before the olympics, soviet tanks rolled into prague. warned by friends that she was in danger of being arrested, caslavska fled to the mountains. in hiding, she kept in shape by swinging from tree limbs and practicing her floor exercise in a meadow. after three weeks, the government allowed her to join the rest of the team in mexico city. there caslavska successfully defended her all-around and vault titles and added two more gold medals and two silvers. hugely popular with mexican fans, she added to her popularity by marrying fellow olympian josef odlozil in a ceremony in mexico city. after the fall of communism in czechoslovakia, caslavska served as president of the czech olympic committee and, later, as a member of the international olympic committee.
墨西哥城的女豪杰
生日：1942年5月3日
出生地：布拉格，捷克斯洛伐克
国籍: 捷克斯洛伐克
项目: 体操
参加奥运会时间：
1960年意大利罗马夏季奥运会
1964年日本东京夏季奥运会
1968年 墨西哥夏季奥运会
奥运成绩:
金牌7枚
银牌4枚
其他成绩:
世界锦标赛
金牌 4枚 1962年1966年
银牌 5枚1958年1962年1966年
铜牌 1枚1962年
在1964年的日本东京夏季奥运会上获得三枚金牌一枚银牌后，维拉•恰斯拉夫斯卡成为1968年墨西哥夏季奥运会体操项目上最受人瞩目的运动员。在此之前的4月，她刚刚在“2000字宣言”（"manifesto of 2000 words"）上签字，反对当时的苏联政府干涉捷克斯洛伐克内政。在奥运会开幕前的两个月，苏联的坦克开进了捷克首都布拉格。她的朋友们警告她可能有被捕的危险，恰斯拉夫斯卡因此躲进深山，在逃难的过程中，她坚持体操训练。三周后，政府允许她前往墨西哥城加入捷克斯洛伐克代表队参加剩下的比赛。尽管仓促上阵，恰斯拉夫斯卡仍然成功地卫冕女子全能和跳马的冠军，拿下两枚金牌和两枚银牌，成为第一位在奥运会个人项目中连续获得4枚金牌的女选手。随后在奥运会的比赛场地上恰斯拉夫斯卡和她相恋多年的约瑟夫•奥德罗吉尔举行了婚礼，为这届奥运会增添了一份喜庆的气氛，他们也得到大家的祝福，一度她成为墨西哥城的名人。后来，恰斯拉夫斯卡担任捷克奥委会主席一职，也成为国际奥委会委员。