Anton Heida
American artistic gymnast
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Anton Heida (also known as Antonín Hejda, born December 24, 1878, Žižkov, date of death unknown) was an American gymnast who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics, where he won five gold medals.[1] He won the vault, horizontal bar, pommel horse, team competition and all-around titles, becoming the most successful athlete at the 1904 Olympics.[2][3]
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| Born | December 24, 1878 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He was a member of American Sokol Organization.[4][5] He reportedly lived in Philadelphia and Chicago,[6][5] and later in Prague in the 1920s.[7] He was a physical education teacher.[8] During the World War I, he fought in the Czechoslovak Legions in Russia.[8]
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