Jiří Zavřel Explained

Jiří Zavřel
Birth Date:2 October 1910
Death Place:San Diego, California, United States
Spouse:Zita Kabátová
Sport:Rowing

Jiří Zavřel (2 October 1910 – 8 September 1987) was a Czechoslovak rower. He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin with the men's single sculls where he was eliminated in the round one repêchage.[1] [2]

On 3 May 1947, he was sentenced to 12 years in prison for wartime espionage for Germany.[3]

In 1956, he married the actress Zita Kabátová; she was the niece of the actor and writer Josef Šváb-Malostranský. They had a child the following year who they named Jiří.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jiri Zavrel . . 16 June 2018.
  2. Jiří Zavřel . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418003008/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/za/jiri-zavrel-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 16 June 2018 .
  3. News: Poslední rozsudky lidového soudu . 28 November 2020 . Svobodné slovo . Československá strana národně socialistická . 4 May 1947 . 2.