Biography in date
June 11, 1934 | Born in Prague. |
Father Antonín Syrový, mother Františka Syrová born Rybářová. | |
Since his birth, he lives with his parents in Kralupy nad Vltavou. | |
1945 | Experiencing two heavy raids on Kralupy nad Vltavou at the end of the World War II. |
1950 | He completes Primary School. |
1950 | He takes up work in a dental laboratory as an assistant. |
1951 | He successfully passes the dental technician test and continues performing this profession in Kralupy nad Vltavou. |
1951 | Knee injury during football. He suffers from its consequences throughout his entire life. |
1955–1962 | Successful representative of the Czechoslovak Republic and the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic in weightlifting. |
1960 | Placed 8th in the Olympic Games in Rome's in Triathlon. |
1963 | He ends his sports career on grounds of severe knee damage. |
1964 | He applies for painting group led by Mr Kuntoš in Kralupy nad Vltavou. |
1968 | He gets married. |
1969 | He moves to the North Bohemia small town of Cvikov with his wife, where he is offered a place as a dental technician, a career which he carries on until his retirement. |
1970 | His daughter Catherine is born. |
1972 | He lost 56 kg of weight within 6 months; recreational running has become his hobby. |
1973 | He gets divorced and stays alone for the rest of his life. |
1973 | He runs his first marathon. |
1970–1980 | He begins to perform his creative artistic work – African masks, woodwork, drawing, creations with wax and tin. |
1990 | Retirement and disability pensions with knee arthrosis and severe cardiac neurosis. |
1990 | He fully develops his creative work – assemblage becomes his main artistic expression. At the same time, he suffers from severe depression and insomnia. |
2007 | Private exhibition organized with the help of weightlifter friends at the City Museum in Kralupy nad Vltavou. |
2007 | Extreme deterioration of his health; he ceases to perform any creative artistic work. |
November 2009 | Shooting of a short film establishing his profile „Vaclav Syrový’s children “. |
March 25, 2010 | He dies in a hospice in Nový Bor. |