Miroslav Klinger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Miroslav Klinger

Czech politician and sport gymnast

Date of Birth: 20-Jan-1893

Place of Birth: Prague, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 10-Feb-1979

Profession: politician, artistic gymnast

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Miroslav Klinger (20 January 1893 – 10 February 1979) was a Czech gymnast who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was born and died in Prague. In 1920 he was a member of the Czechoslovak gymnastic team which finished fourth in the team event. Four years later at the 1924 Summer Olympics he participated in the following events: Individual all-around - fifth place Vault - seventh place Pommel horse - seventh place Parallel bars - tenth place Rings - eleventh place Sidehorse vault - twelfth place Rope climbing - 24th place Horizontal bar - 26th place Team all-around - did not finishKlinger was an active member and activist of Sokol organization.
During World War II he was incarcerated in Dachau and Buchenwald concentration camps.
In Czechoslovak parliamentary elections in 1948 he was elected to the National Assembly for the Czech National Social Party.
He was a member of parliament until 1960.