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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Czech |
| Born | 25 November 1900 |
| Died | 12 December 1953 (aged 53) Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Water polo |
Jan Hora (25 November 1900 – 12 December 1953) was a Czech police chief and water polo player. He competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics and the 1924 Summer Olympics.[1]
He has been a police commissioner since graduating from college. In the 1930s, he was mentioned in the press on the occasion of investigations into various cases. In 1938, he was promoted to the position of police councillor.[2] After the Second World War he held the post of chief councillor in the Home Office. In 1948, he was the chief investigator into the mysterious death of Jan Masaryk.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jan Hora Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ↑ Molnárová, Patrícia (30 September 2020). "Obrazy nepřítele v Československu 1948 – 1956. Prague: Lidové noviny, 2020. ISBN 978-80-7422-688-5". Acta Historica Neosoliensia. 23 (2): 271–276. doi:10.24040/ahn.2020.23.02.271-276. ISSN 1336-9148. S2CID 224912022.
- ↑ Šedivý, Zdeněk F. (1998). Jan Masaryk : při jméně, které nosil-- musel zemřít (1st ed.). Vimperk: Papyrus. ISBN 80-85776-83-9. OCLC 41394109.
External links
[edit]- Jan Hora at the Czech Olympic Committee (in Czech)
- Jan Hora at Olympedia
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