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| Nationality |  Czech Republic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 6, 1913 Brno | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | March 3, 1943 (aged 29) Frankfurt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Table tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Karel Svoboda (July 6, 1913 – March 3, 1943) was a Czech table tennis player who won multiple medals at the World Table Tennis Championships. Svoboda was a member of Obrana národa, a Czech resistance organization, and was captured and executed by Nazi Germany. He received the Czechoslovak War Cross 1939 after his death.