Litovel - Gustav Frištenský

Although the famous wrestler was a native of Kolín (Kamhajek u Kolín 18.5.1879), he was quite successfully adopted by the town of Litovel in Haná.
He started his wrestling career in Brno, where he worked for a butcher. He was a member of the local Sokol and Hellas athletics club. He won his first big race in 1900, and in 1903 he became the European amateur champion in Greco-Roman wrestling. Because, however, after returning from this…