GAJDOŠ A. SHORT HISTORICAL NOTES XXII                                                                     Vol. 13 Issue 3: 438-439 
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SHORT HISTORICAL NOTES XXII 
Anton Gajdoš, Bratislava, Slovakia  
 
Ph.D. Anton Gajdoš born on 1.6.1940 in Dubriniči (today Ukraine) 
lives most of his life in Bratislava (ex TCH, nowadays SVK). He 
comes from gymnastics family (his brother Pavel have world 
championship medals) and he devoted his life to gymnastics. His 
last achievement is establishment of Narodna encyklopedia športu 
Slovenska (www.sportency.sk). Among his passion is collecting 
photos and signatures of gymnasts. As we tend to forget old 
champions and important gymnasts, judges and coaches, we 
decided to publish part of his archive under title Short historical 
notes. All information on these pages is from Anton’s archives and 
collected through years. Short historical Notes XXII were written 
in collaboration with  Michal Bábela, PhD. 
 
 
 
SAMUEL PIASECKÝ (October, 31, 1984 Košice, Slovak Republic) 
 
 
 
Samuel Piasecký began practising gymnastics at the age of 6. He became 
the Slovak representative in sports gymnastics on the horizontal bar and 
parallel bars. At the 2012 Olympic Games in London, he became the first 
m a l e g y m n a s t t o r e p r e s e n t S l o v a k i a a t t h e O l y m p i c G a m e s s i n c e t he 
independence of Slovakia in 1993. 
 
 
 
 
The best sports results of Samuel Piasecký: 
 
Olympic Games, London, 2012 (Great Britain) – 11th place on parallel bars, points: 15,366 
 
World Championship, Rotterdam, 2016 (Netherlands) – 8th place on parallel bars, points:  
15,166 
 
European Championship, Volos, 2006 (Greece) – 8th place on parallel bars, points: 14,3 
European Championship, Milan, 2009 (Italy) – 5th place on parallel bars, 13th place in all-
around 
European Championship, Berlin, 2011 (Germany) – 12th place in all-around  
European Championship, Montpellier, 2012 (France) – 5th place on parallel bars, 7th place on 
horizontal bar. 

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He also became a multiple medalist at several World Challenge Cups (World Cup Artistic 
Gymnastics in Porto, 2010 –  3rd place on horizontal bar, Challenge Cup Artistic Gymnastics 
in Ljubljana, 2013 – 2nd place on parallel bars, Challenge Cup Artistic Gymnastics in Anadia, 
2013 –  3rd place on parallel bars). 
 
 
 
Samuel Piasecký on parallel bars, Olympic 
Games, London, 2012 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
He introduced his own gymnastic element at the World Championships in Rotterdam, 
Netherlands in 2010. His element is called The giant swing to handstand on one rail 
(minimum one second) on parallel bars is also known as the 'Piasecky' in the field of sports 
gymnastics. The difficulty value is D. 
 
 
Pictorial representation of gymnastic element  'Piasecky' in FIG official documents. 
 
 
 
We wish 'Samo' all the best and a lot of strength and enthusiasm in working with gymnastic 
youth.