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Gustav Frištenský (18 May 1879 – 6 April 1957) was a Czech strongman, Greco-Roman wrestler and professional wrestler who competed in the first half of the 20th century. During his career, he won almost 10,000 fights, the first one when he was just 19 years old and the last one when he was 72. He is considered the strongest Czech and a legendary symbol of strength for many Czechs.
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Further reading Frištenský, Gustav (1949). Stručné sportovní vzpomínky ze čtyř dílů světa a vzpomínky ze šesti protektorátních žalářů, které prožil Gustav Frištenský (in Czech). Davídek, Josef (1979). Od Frištenského k Máchovi (in Czech). Prague: Olympia. Ditrych, Břetislav (2003). S pozdravem, síle zdar, Gustav Frištenský (in Czech). Prague: Euromedia Group.
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External links Gustavfristensky.com (English website) Gustav Frištenský vs. Josef Šmejkal - 1913 on YouTube
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Gustav Frištenský (18 May 1879 – 6 April 1957) was a Czech strongman, Greco-Roman wrestler and professional wrestler who competed in the first half of the 20th century. During his career, he won almost 10,000 fights, the first one when he was just 19 years old and the last one when he was 72. He is considered the strongest Czech and a legendary symbol of strength for many Czechs.
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Biography Frištenský was born as one of six children of Kateřina and Alois Frištenský in the village of Kamhajek, today a part of Křečhoř near Kolín. When he was seven years old he already rode the horses and plowed the fields. At fourteen, his parents sent him to learn to be a blacksmith. During a dispute in the workshop, one of his fellow apprentices passed him an incandescent horseshoe, which caused him serious burns of his hand. After three months of home remedies his father decided to let him learn to be a butcher. After training, he left for Brno, where he worked in the butchery of Moritz Soffer. While in Brno, he started to attend local Sokol and Hellas sports clubs. In 1900, The Hellas athletic club sent him to Vyškov to fight with the best wrestlers from Central Moravia. He won. The same year, he also won his first international competition, which was held in Prague. Three years later, he became the amateur European champion in Greco-Roman wrestling when he won in Rotterdam. After returning home he found out that he had lost his job as a butcher's apprentice and decided to start a career as a professional…