Josef Urban

thumb|Josef Urban {{Short description|Czechoslovak wrestler (1899–1968)}} {{for|the Austrian-American architect|Joseph Urban}} {{MedalTableTop}} {{MedalSport | Men's Greco-Roman wrestling}} {{MedalCountry | {{TCH}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} center|80px {{MedalSilver| 1932 Los Angeles |Heavyweight}} {{MedalBottom}}

'''Josef Urban''' (17 June 1899 – 2 September 1968) was a Czechoslovak wrestler. He was born in Středočeský kraj in June 1899. He won an Olympic silver medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1932.<ref name=sref>{{cite web|title=Josef Urban |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ur/josef-urban-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417223840/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ur/josef-urban-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |accessdate=5 April 2012}}</ref> He also competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics.<ref name=sref/> Urban died on 2 September 1968, at the age of 69.<ref>František Kolář ''Encyklopedie olympioniků. Čeští a českoslovenští sportovci na olympijských hrách'', ed. Euromedia Group, Prague 2021, p. 338</ref>

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