Zdeněk Doležal
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| Zdeněk Doležal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1 September 1931 Prague, Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Věra Suchánková | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1958 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Zdeněk Doležal (born 1 September 1931) is a Czech former pair skater who competed internationally for Czechoslovakia. With his skating partner, Věra Suchánková, he is the 1958 World silver medalist[1] and a two-time European champion (1957, 1958).[2] They represented Czechoslovakia at the 1956 Winter Olympics and placed 8th.[3]
Doležal was born on 1 September 1931 in Prague.[4] His sports club was Rapid Pardubice.[5] In 2016, Pardubice named him as one of the athletes to be included in the city's planned sports hall of fame.[6]
Results
(with Věra Suchánková)
| International | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 1951 | 1952 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 |
| Winter Olympics | 8th | ||||||
| World Championships | 6th | 2nd | |||||
| European Championships | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 1st | |||
| National | |||||||
| Czechoslovak Champ. | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
References
- ^ "World Championships: Pairs" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2007.
- ^ "European Championships: Pairs" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2007.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Zdeněk Doležal". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
- ^ "Zdeněk Doležal". Czech Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016.
- ^ "Historie Krasobruslařského klubu Pardubice" [History of Pardubice figure skating club] (in Czech). Krasobruslařský klub Pardubice. Archived from the original on 14 April 2017.
- ^ Koubková, Iveta (7 November 2016). "Pardubice budou mít svou "síň" slávy" [Pardubice to have its own hall of fame]. pardubice.eu (in Czech). Archived from the original on 14 April 2017.
External links
- Zdeněk Doležal at Olympedia
- Zdeněk Doležal at the Czech Olympic Committee (in Czech)
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