04 Uniform of 1st Lieutenant František Janda (1967–2015), 1990s

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He was born in Prague, where he attended a grammar school in 1982–1986. Subsequently, he continued his studies at the Military Political Academy of Klement Gottwald in Bratislava. In the summer of 1990 he finished his studies and on 12 December 1990 he was appointed psychologist of the staff of the Czechoslovak Independent Special CBRN Defence Battalion, with which he went to Saudi Arabia. After his return he became an officer of the social management group of the 21st Tank Regiment on 15 June 1991. From 1 September 1991 he was a student at the Military Pedagogical University in Bratislava (psychology). However, he did not complete his studies and on 30 April 1992 he was dismissed from service and transferred to the reserves. He then devoted himself to business and sports. He excelled especially in fencing – he was active as a fencer and later a renowned judge. In 1995–2010 he was the President of the Czech Fencing Federation and from 2009 he was the President of the European Fencing Confederation (EFC). He died of heart failure, which he suffered on the plane on his way to a fencing event in Tokyo.